Action | Amend Standards for Licensed Child Day Centers to Address Federal Health and Safety Requirements |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 4/6/2018 |
A healthy child care environment requires constant cleaning and sanitizing of surfaces and toys--literally every few minutes. Requiring these cleaning products to be locked in between uses causes caregivers to sanitize less. In addition, the time it takes to lock and unlock the products reduces the time the caregiver spends on child supervision and child interactions. I support a more practical, and less intrusive solution: Keep the cleaning solutions inaccessible and out of reach of children--the same instructions that are written on the products. This remedy has been adopted in other states and it works well to ensure both a safe and healthy child care environment.