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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There REALLY needs to be some consumer protection put in place for daycares and preschools.

1. Any preschool or daycare that continued to collect tuition without providing service needs to refund the parents that paid.

2. Preschools or daycares that set this up as a "donation" needs to provide the donating parents with the TAXID so that they can deduct the donation.

3. Any preschool or daycare that collected donations that they inferred or said would go to the teachers but kept all or a portion of the money need to be fined for fraud.

4. When preschools re-open they may need to re-establish their enrollments. There should be guidelines establishing that the business can use a first come first serve, long term customers first or lottery.

5. Preschools or daycares may find that they need to increase prices and/or decrease wages/salaries for employees making over minimum wage to remain profitable with lower mandated enrollments and potential risk for future closures. [/quote]

1. That would force almost all daycares to close.  Also, people regularly pay to keep a daycare spot, whether at the start of enrollment or during extended absences for various reasons.  This isn't that different.

2. That's not how that works.  You can only deduct donations to charitable organizations.  Most daycares are for profit businesses.

3. It will be very hard to make a fraud case out of an inference, but conceptually I have no issue with going after schools that knowingly lied.

4. I don't think it would be in anyone's interest to have the government dictate re-enrollment.  The right answer may vary considerably from place to place based on varying circumstances.  There is no rule that is going to make everyone happy, whether instituted by the government or the business.

5. Your probably right, but that will be very hard.  Costs are already more than many can handle comfortably, and wages are already fairly low.  Given that you recognize these VERY difficult economic circumstances facing daycares trying to stay in business, I don't understand how think they should be forced to refund any money collected the last few months.  And, if they did that, how do you think they could reopen without astronomical tuition and no one making above minimum wage?[/quote]

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