Department of Education
State Board of Education
Standards for Licensed Child Day Centers
[8 VAC 20 ‑ 781]
(Under Development)
On this Action:
CLOSED Opened on 12/1/2025 and Ended on 1/30/2026
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108 comments
| Comment Title | Commenter | |
|---|---|---|
| Increasing teacher-child ratios will lead to lower quality care. | Anonymous (239243) | 1/31/26 12:00 am |
| Forest schools are delightful! | Anonymous (239242) | 1/30/26 11:56 pm |
| THIS Supervising Thing | Putnam Ivey | 1/30/26 11:48 pm |
| This is REAL! | Putnam Ivey | 1/30/26 11:43 pm |
| We stand with Our Neighborhood Child Development Center! | Anonymous (239239) | 1/30/26 11:33 pm |
| You have to be still to drink water? | Anonymous (239238) | 1/30/26 11:32 pm |
| Listen to the voices of Children | Jennifer Slack, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/30/26 11:30 pm |
| ONCDC | Anonymous (239236) | 1/30/26 11:30 pm |
| The children say... | Anonymous (239235) | 1/30/26 11:29 pm |
| Children deserve more than screens | Anonymous (239234) | 1/30/26 11:26 pm |
| Handwashing is important....but when you do it matters | Anonymous (239233) | 1/30/26 11:20 pm |
| Climbing | Anonymous (239232) | 1/30/26 11:19 pm |
| Eating and drinking | Anonymous (239231) | 1/30/26 11:16 pm |
| More Drafts Needed | Anonymous (239230) | 1/30/26 11:09 pm |
| Drinking water while simultaneously standing | Anonymous (239229) | 1/30/26 9:47 pm |
| I stand with ONCDC | Anonymous (239227) | 1/30/26 9:38 pm |
| Listen to the parents and child care providers | Anonymous (239214) | 1/30/26 7:32 pm |
| Sandboxes | Anonymous (239212) | 1/30/26 7:28 pm |
| Eating & Drinking | Mrs. Cash | 1/30/26 7:12 pm |
| Increasing Student Ratios | Mrs. Cash | 1/30/26 7:02 pm |
| Requiring undesignated or stock epinephrine | Ms. Cash | 1/30/26 6:49 pm |
| Stock Epinephrine | Anonymous (239206) | 1/30/26 6:47 pm |
| Staff Training Hours | Mrs. Cash | 1/30/26 6:40 pm |
| Various comments | IACCEPT | 1/30/26 5:21 pm |
| Eating and Drinking | Anonymous (239176) | 1/30/26 5:11 pm |
| Physical Barrier | Anonymous (239175) | 1/30/26 5:09 pm |
| Various Comments | Kaysie Carter-Coleman | 1/30/26 4:58 pm |
| stock epinephrine, air quality, ratios, hand soap, laundry, life guards, etc. | Concerned Citizens For Child Care | 1/30/26 3:57 pm |
| Suggestions | Clark Andrs | 1/30/26 2:09 pm |
| 8VAC20-781-250(J) - Sandboxes | Anonymous (239119) | 1/30/26 1:27 pm |
| 8VAC20-781-10 - Experience in a supervisory capacity | Anonymous (239117) | 1/30/26 1:19 pm |
| 8VAC20-781-70(B) - attendance list | Anonymous (239113) | 1/30/26 1:03 pm |
| 8VAC20-781-480 - hand washing | Anonymous (239112) | 1/30/26 12:40 pm |
| I stand with ONCDC | Audrey Skinner | 1/30/26 11:24 am |
| Reptiles and Birds add value and can be kept safely | Anonymous (239088) | 1/30/26 11:10 am |
| Include forest schools | Emily Scioscia | 1/30/26 10:56 am |
| remove the 'physical barrier' clause | Emily Scioscia | 1/30/26 10:53 am |
| I stand with ONCDC | Anonymous (239085) | 1/30/26 10:52 am |
| I stand with ONCDC | Anonymous (239083) | 1/30/26 10:11 am |
| The term human milk is the most inclusive terminology. | Anonymous (239081) | 1/30/26 7:54 am |
| We have an opportunity to include Naloxone (Narcan) as an allowable stock medication. | Anonymous (239080) | 1/30/26 12:04 am |
| Animals and Pets / Supervision of Children | Jenn Lobo | 1/29/26 7:07 pm |
| Religious Exemption and These Standards | Anonymous (239060) | 1/28/26 11:31 pm |
| 10 More Things That Need Correction | Jennifer Slack, ONCDC | 1/28/26 11:24 pm |
| Revert to previous language re: eating and drinking | Miriam Skadron, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/28/26 12:50 pm |
| Opposing "Sterile" Environments and Redundant Regulation | Leonid Petrov | 1/28/26 4:14 am |
| 10 Things You Could Just Delete | Jennifer Slack, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/27/26 12:23 pm |
| Banning Reptiles is Unneccessary | Jennifer Slack, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/26/26 3:35 pm |
| Trust Teachers to Maintain a Clean Environment the Current Standards are Sufficent | Jennifer Slack | 1/23/26 4:41 pm |
| Protect children with disabilities in all settings | Jennifer Slack, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/22/26 4:16 pm |
| Mixed-age outdoor play | Miriam Skadron, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/22/26 3:06 pm |
| Restrictions on Visual Media Use | Miriam Skadron, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/22/26 2:52 pm |
| Animals in childcare | Miriam Skadron, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/22/26 2:51 pm |
| Supervision | Jacqueline Griffin, Our Neighborhood CDC | 1/21/26 3:31 pm |
| Take the Time to Focus on Clarity and Organization | Jennifer Slack, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/20/26 1:57 pm |
| Hand soap to be administered or supervised | Liz Dowdy | 1/20/26 12:59 pm |
| Concerns about new ECE regulations | Irène Mathieu | 1/20/26 10:54 am |
| I can't be physically present without separation by a physical barrier when a child is in a crib | Shannon Wagoner, ONCDC | 1/20/26 10:52 am |
| Mixed Age Occupying the Playground Together | Jennifer Slack, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/20/26 10:49 am |
| FCPA Comment | Fairfax County Park Authority | 1/20/26 9:57 am |
| Suggested Adjustments | Sara Carroll, Cuddlebugs | 1/20/26 9:50 am |
| Various comments | Primrose School Virginia Beach South | 1/19/26 1:39 pm |
| Who isn't commenting? | Anonymous (238955) | 1/18/26 11:40 pm |
| Simplify training requirements and focus on what is needed and effective. | Jennifer Slack, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/18/26 11:34 pm |
| "Ensuring that activities, services, and facilities are conducive to the well-being of children" | Marielle Sheridan | 1/18/26 2:42 pm |
| Developmentally appropriate toilet learning | Bethany Blalock RD | 1/18/26 9:40 am |
| Proposal to Align Supervision Standards with Developmental Science (Sight and Sound) | Leonid Petrov (University of Virginia) | 1/18/26 4:02 am |
| NAEYC Has Lanauage for Supervision | Anonymous (238950) | 1/17/26 11:19 pm |
| Supervising 9 year olds and 6 months with the same intensity is absurd - children deserve freedom | Jennifer Slack, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/17/26 11:17 pm |
| Various Concerns, including Stock Epi | Benita Petrella Primrose School of Midlothian Village | 1/17/26 4:47 pm |
| Unintended consequences of new regulations. | Sara Tansey, ONCDC | 1/17/26 4:10 pm |
| Cleaning Soft Materials | Miriam Skadron, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/17/26 2:26 pm |
| Ratios Should Not Be Increased | Miriam Skadron, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/17/26 2:25 pm |
| Supervision | Miriam Skadron, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/17/26 2:23 pm |
| Teacher to Child Ratios | María Vides | 1/16/26 3:55 pm |
| This needs another draft | Jackie Burke | 1/16/26 3:55 pm |
| Too Much Laundry | Mary Turner, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/16/26 3:52 pm |
| Sight and Sound Supervision and Physical Barriers | María Vides | 1/16/26 3:50 pm |
| Sandbox | Anonymous (238939) | 1/16/26 3:46 pm |
| Sand Boxes | Atlas Savage, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/16/26 3:42 pm |
| Sight and Sound supervision and physical barriers | Mary Turner, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/16/26 3:35 pm |
| Soft Items | Atlas Savage, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/16/26 3:33 pm |
| Increased ratios are the best way to kill this field | Shane Everhart, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/16/26 3:32 pm |
| Addition of requirement to keep an AED on childcare sites | Atlas Savage, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/16/26 3:31 pm |
| Who is this for? 8VAC20-781-70 C 4 | Anonymous (238933) | 1/16/26 3:26 pm |
| Supervision lapses | Ben Hyde, Our Neighborhood CDC | 1/16/26 3:26 pm |
| Allowance for Stock of Narcan | Atlas Savage, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/16/26 3:25 pm |
| Regulation 8VAC20-781-650 C | Atlas Savage, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/16/26 3:20 pm |
| Reducing Soft Items Available in the Classroom | Anonymous (238928) | 1/16/26 3:20 pm |
| New language around laundering soft items. | Ben Hyde, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/16/26 3:20 pm |
| Sand boxes | Dawn Bryant, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/16/26 3:20 pm |
| The Economic Review Form is intentionally false and misleading | Jennifer Slack, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/15/26 10:15 am |
| Say no to increased ratios | Robin Criscuolo DeButts, Robin’s Nest Nature Playschool | 1/14/26 2:20 pm |
| It is never a good idea to increase teacher-child ratios. | Jennifer Slack, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/14/26 11:30 am |
| Lapses in supervision should be reported to parents but not the Department | Anonymous (238919) | 1/14/26 9:55 am |
| Supervision Lapses and Reporting Requirements | Anonymous (238918) | 1/14/26 3:51 am |
| We believe that parents need to know about supervision lapses, regulators do not. | Jennifer Slack, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/13/26 11:24 am |
| Control over visual media consumption in early childhood should be in the hands of parents | Jennifer Slack, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center | 1/13/26 10:11 am |
| Regulating Visual Media | Putnam Ivey | 1/13/26 9:58 am |
| I stand with ONCDC | Anonymous (238910) | 1/13/26 9:54 am |
| Proposed Amendment to 8VAC20-781-310: Requiring Parental Permission for Visual Media Use | Leonid Petrov | 1/12/26 1:46 pm |
| hiring | Mrs. Bee's Learning Academy | 12/19/25 12:27 pm |
| Changes to create better centers for children and families | Mrs. Bee's Learning Academy | 12/16/25 12:47 pm |
| 5 areas of comments | Primrose School Va Beach | 12/14/25 1:54 pm |
| Update Needed: Out-of-State Background Check Requirements | Anonymous (238534) | 12/9/25 2:47 pm |
| suggested change to self reporting regulations | Anonymous (238533) | 12/9/25 2:44 pm |
| You did not listen to providers' comments from the last round | Anonymous (238188) | 12/1/25 5:05 pm |
| The proposed changes miss the point entirely. | Anonymous (238163) | 12/1/25 2:51 pm |
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