Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Education
 
Board
State Board of Education
 
chapter
Child Care Program [8 VAC 20 ‑ 790]
Action Amend regulation to require each child day center that participates in the Child Care Program to implement policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine and each family day home provider or at least one other caregiver employed by such pro
Stage Fast-Track
Comment Period Ended on 12/17/2025
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12/1/25  7:42 pm
Commenter: Stacy Williams; Like Arrows Learning Center

OPPOSED!
 

Centers are already overburdened and passing this will add to it.  You mandate something and make sure we know there’s no funding for it.  In the last couple of years we have struggled to meet competitive wages with rising demands from CLASS Observations.  The state dangles incentives in front of our staff and took them away without warning.  Insurance companies looking for any reason to drop us and you want to throw in a huge liability?! We are not medical professionals.  Parents need to be responsible for providing the medical care their children need and this is no different.  MAT tells us to follow the 5 rights and state standards require us to have plans on specific children when needed- how does stock epinephrine fit into that mold?  It doesn’t!

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