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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1/16/26  3:31 pm
Commenter: Atlas Savage, Our Neighborhood Child Development Center

Addition of requirement to keep an AED on childcare sites
 

Many childcare sites do not have an AED easily accessible to them in the case of a child, parent, or teacher going into cardiac arrest. Adding a requirement for centers to have a working AED on site can be lifesaving.

CommentID: 238934