Fairfax Daycare Owners Urge Officials to Raise Child Limits
Annandale daycare provider says she fears some will go unlicensed due to costs associated with zoning inspection costs.
Fairfax County home day care providers will have to wait a little longer to find out whether officials will raise the number of children they’re legally allowed to care for. The county Planning Commission voted Wednesday night to defer its decision on a proposed permit that will let providers care for 12 kids instead of 10, the current limit with a permit. With a license from the Commonwealth of Virginia, a provider can care for up to 12 children. But Fairfax County ordinances only allow for seven children, unless the provider applies for the special permit. The county rarely enforced the law and many providers took on a dozen children, arguing they were allowed by the state. But new regulations require the county to enforce the by-right …
lolaw
8:04 am on Friday, March 22, 2013
If today they can legally watch 7, I think they could raise the numbers to 14, but require 2 people to watch the kids. This would solve the safety issue of kids being unwatched by the provider because "there are too many for one person". The people that want 12-14 children, will have to hire an employee to help them, which would also help with unemployment. Also having up to 14 children should … more ›