| Action | Revisions to the Standards for Licensed Child Day Centers |
| Stage | Proposed |
| Comment Period | Ends 1/30/2026 |
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Parents should absolutely be made aware of lapses in supervision of their child, but the requirement to report every lapse in supervision, for any period of time, to the Department will have harmful consequences, including discrimination against neurodivergent children. All young children occasionally wander away or hide when they don't want to move to a different activity (e.g., come inside from the playground, change classrooms). This tendency is sometimes higher in children with neurodevelopmental diagnoses like autism or ADHD, and childcare centers will be disinclined to enroll students with these diagnoses under the belief that doing so will result in more reports to the Department and endanger their licensure.