Alabama First Class Pre-K
Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education
A state-funded pre-kindergarten place, with no registration fee, for children who are four years old by 1 September. Classrooms operate in every county.
The catch: Registering does not get you a place. Sites allocate by random selection and then run randomised waitlists, so applying early confers no advantage and applying to one site is a lottery ticket rather than a plan. Enrolment documents are only required after selection, which means the effort is back-loaded onto families who have already won a place.
Who can get it
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The child must be four years old on 1 September and not eligible for kindergarten. must meet
At a glance
- Worth
- Not a cash amount
- Effort
- About 15 minutes
- Time to money
- Not recorded
- How it arrives
- In kind
- How often
- Annual
- Proof needed
- Identification
- Where
- Alabama
- Last checked
- 15 August 2026
Lottery. Places allocated by random selection with randomised waitlists.