Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Education
 
Board
State Board of Education
 
chapter
Standards for Licensed Child Day Centers [8 VAC 20 ‑ 781]
Action Revisions to the Standards for Licensed Child Day Centers
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ends 1/30/2026
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12/16/25  12:47 pm
Commenter: Mrs. Bee's Learning Academy

Changes to create better centers for children and families
 

The regulations for childcare should be to create family day homes and centers that ensure safety and compliance. The inspections seem to be a I got you instead of educating and working with centers that are striving to be compliant. Initial inspections for new centers should 1. not be written up for ratios because you are newly open with know way to identify enrollment or sustain employees. 2. Minor issues like micro tears in changing pads should not be written as a violation but a secondary requirement to have repairs completed before next inspection. 3. We need to have regulations that prevent parents from defaulting on payments and leaving and moving to the next center with there subsidy. 4. Parents that receive assistance should be required to give a 2 week notice as instructed by the contracts with the facilities they belong to unless they are being kicked out. 5. Centers need to have inspections that are for improvement of the facility. We are violating good centers and missing bad centers and waiting until major things happen.

CommentID: 238655