How to Apply for Pre-Kindergarten

The Pre-K Application for 2025-2026 is now open!

Let's Get Started https://cmsncc.scriborder.com/

Updated Guidance and Information on 3/15/2025

Due to possible program location changes, families who have completed an application and have gone through the virtual screening appointment

prior to 3/9/2025 will receive placement information by 4/30/2025.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused your family.

Required Documents for Enrollment

1. Proof of date of birth and legal name
ONE (1) of the following documents must be shown:
- Original or Photocopy of Birth Certificate
- Passport
- State-Issued Identification Document
- US Department of State (I-94 Arrival/Departure Record)
- Refugee Resettlement Letter (Local sponsoring agency, US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement)*
- Decree of Adoption
- Student's Driver's License
- Life Insurance Policy
- A certified copy of any medical record of the child's birth issued by the treating physician or the hospital in which the child was born
- A certified copy of a birth certificate issued by a church, mosque, temple, or other religious institution that maintains birth records of its members
- Previously verified school record
2. Proof of ALL current household income
If one or both parents in the household are working, please submit one piece of proof below for each parent in the household:
- Four (4) current Consecutive pay stubs (if paid weekly), two (2) current Consecutive pay stubs (if paid bi-weekly or semi-monthly), one (1) recent pay stub (if paid monthly)
- 2024 W-2 or 1099
- Tax return (1040 form) for 2023 if submitted after April 15, 2024.
- A letter from the parent's employer that is signed by hand, with a recent date and amount/frequency of pay.
If one or both parents are self-employed
- 1040 Tax form from 2023 Tax return. We can not accept Schedule C.
If neither parent is working, please submit other sources of household income:
- Unemployment/Disability award letter
- SS/SSI award letter
- Child Support statements
3. Current proof of Mecklenburg County residency
4. Current Immunization Record (Required on or before the first day of school)
5. Current Health Assessment (Completed within 12 months of the first day school)
6. CMS Residency Affidavit (If Applicable)
If you live with a person that owns or rents, you will need to submit a Notarized CMS Residency Affidavit. Click the link below to download a copy of the Residency Affidavit to submit with your application once completed and notarized, along with the owner's lease or mortgage agreement and utility bill.
- English https://choice-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/cms-nc/Residency+Affidavit.pdf
- Spanish https://choice-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/cms-nc/Residency+Affidavit_Spanish.pdf

How to Apply for Pre-Kindergarten

Required Documents for Enrollment

1. Proof of date of birth and legal name

2. Proof of ALL current household income

3. Current proof of Mecklenburg County residency

4. Current Immunization Record (Required on or before the first day of school)

5. Current Health Assessment (Completed within 12 months of the first day school)

6. CMS Residency Affidavit (If Applicable)