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  3:26 pm
Commenter: Ben Hyde, Our Neighborhood CDC

Supervision lapses
 

The way this regulation is worded implies that even for the smallest lapses in supervision, for instance a kid ducking behind a corner and then popping back out, would require a formal notice to both their guardians AND the superintendent. What an entirely unrealistic and frankly unenforceable requirement for early child hood education. There are simply always going to be times when this happens. A kid could be playing peek-a-boo with a teacher using a door and we'd have to inform the department of education??? Truly a ridiculous regulation that needs to be reworked completely.

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