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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3/14/18  11:19 pm
Commenter: D Nesbitt, Parent

Class Sizes
 

My job as a parent is to provide my son with the safest and best learning environment possible. That is why I send him to private school. My son has been at the same pre-school/school for three plus years and has excelled in every class. His school has the correct teacher to student ratio (Much lower than public school).

Making sweeping changes such as these will drive parents to send their children to unlicensed daycare/schools or into the already overcrowded public school system increasing class sizes and affecting budgets. I am assuming this is the exact opposite of what the proposed legislation is trying to accomplish. Perhaps this legislation should be reviewed and modified by industry professionals, not policymakers, before the state arbitrarily forces ineffective policies on the daycare/pre-school/school programs which are currently providing quality education to our children.

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