Action | Amend Standards for Licensed Child Day Centers to Address Federal Health and Safety Requirements |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 4/6/2018 |
While I'm all for careful regulation of full-time childcare facilities with large numbers of children, I am strongly opposed to removing the exemptions for short term care situations like after school programs, summer day camps/Bible schools and any facility with drop off childcare while parents are on-site or nearby (e.g., coworking spaces, IKEA, gyms, restaurants, etc.) These short term childcare options are a life saver for parents and removing the exemptions would effectively eliminate most if not all of these options since meeting all the requirements would be cost prohibitive. Let's use some common sense for which safety regulations are necessary for a few hours of childcare and which are more fitting for all day childcare centers.