Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Education
 
Board
State Board of Education
 
chapter
Standards for Licensed Child Day Centers [8 VAC 20 ‑ 780]
Action Amend regulation to require each child day center to implement policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine
Stage Fast-Track
Comment Period Ended on 12/17/2025
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11/20/25  1:47 pm
Commenter: Kate Ferris, Stay & Play Childcare

Opposed to Epipen without funding
 

Once again, the state keeps adding to the burden of childcare providers with new regulations without factoring in what these cost. While this seems like a logical plan to implement, requiring providers to cover the cost of multiple epi pens (dosages for each age group) which will have to be replaced at regular intervals AS WELL AS training for each staff member (which you will also wind up charging us to do) is not a good plan.  Everyone loves to complain about how expensive childcare is but that fail to look at the regulatory burdens placed on us by the state. Please reconsider this option unless you will also provide a pathway to less expensive provisions for providers.

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