As a parent of two children in a licensed daycare facility in Northern Virginia, I have to say that the new regulations, while well-intentioned, are overly burdensome for facilities that are already working hard to meet the established state standards. In particular, changes to the group size requirements will force centers that are currently designed to operate within the regulations to undergo costly renovations or decrease enrollment. In an area that is already facing an availability crisis, this is a double blow to parents who struggle to find and pay for quality care for our children. Please reconsider or allow existing centers to be grandfathered in so they don't need to turn families away and raise the prices even more. Families cannot shoulder this burden.