Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Social Services
 
Board
State Board of Social Services
 
chapter
Standards for Licensed Child Day Centers [22 VAC 40 ‑ 185]
Action Amend Standards for Licensed Child Day Centers to Address Federal Health and Safety Requirements
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 4/6/2018
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3/12/18  9:07 pm
Commenter: Tracey Sopp, Cooperative Preschool of Loudoun

Diagnosed Developmental Issues - ratios
 

We have small classes limited to 10 students in our school.  We do frequently have diagnosed and undiagnosed students with Autism and ADHD.  As a cooperative school we have one teacher and one parent in the classroom with the students.  Changing the required teacher student ratio will encourage parents to avoid diagnosis because it will force them to leave the school if we can not afford to increase staff.  We are a not-for-profit organization run by parents.  Our expenses do not leave much room for added costs without raising prices.  If we have to raise prices we will not be more affordable than full-service corporate centers.  Parents would have to chose to pay more money to enroll in our cooperative center and perform work at the school.  Many parents would leave our small cooperative center for the convience of the big centers.  Child developement factories are not in the best interest of our families and children.

CommentID: 63570