I have a strong concern over raising the number of hours that teachers need each year from 16 to 20 hours.  20 hours is more than my teachers work in one week! It is hard to find people willing to do this much training. We are not a big program and this puts an additional burder on my teachers that is unfair.  I don't have the budget to pay for my teachers to all do 20 hours a year, and while there are some good free programs, they are still limited.

I am also concerned, if I am reading it correctly, that any staff who teach a child with an allergy have to be MAT certified.  Currently we have a limited number of teachers/ director certified. We are available should an emergency arise.  To have all the teachers, who teach a child with an allergy certified is a financial burder on my school.

In general, please understand that many of us, who are smaller preschools, try very hard (and usually succeed) at meeting regulations.  However as they get harder and harder to meet you are putting us at a disadvantage.  Please consider amending regulations for smaller centers! Also, please look at all the wording for these regulations.  I am an educated professional and trying to read through the pages and pages of regulations and make sense of them was difficult.  It was too long and too complicated. Thank you for listening!