Day Care Frustration - Need Advice

It's a common thing for a lot of us here who are parents.  Both parents work and you are forced to send your child to daycare each day.  The daycare we use is part of our church (though the church doesn't run it) and it seemed like the perfect fit for my daughter.

As my daughter has gotten older (now a 3 1/2 year old) she doesn't really require naps anymore.  There is the occasional time where she gets a little overtired by the end of the day, but it is few and far between.  Unfortunately, our daycare requires kids to lay in their respective cots for a minimum of 2 hours per day.

Now overall (and not trying to be biased) my daughter is very well behaved and not a hell raiser at all.  But when you force a kid that doesn't need the rest time to lay there quietly for 2 hours you are asking for trouble.  At 34 years old I know how hard it would be for me let alone a little kid. 

I have mentioned to daycare that perhaps all kids don't need that kind of time and was told it was a state requirement.  I am a person that will do research on things and decided to contact the state of CT to confirm.  Well amazingly, it is not a requirement for all kids to lay quietly.  It is a requirement however, that there is a quiet area available for children.  Since this daycare brings revenue in to my church I am not trying to start waves and get the state involved but it sounds to me that it is a requirement for kids to lay down so the teachers can sit around and do nothing for 2 hours.

I will admit that my daughter is not an angel at all times but am at a crossroads with this.  While I am one who does not let her get away with inappropriate behavior, it is hard to discipline a child for not laying quiet for 2 hours.  I certainly understand that along the path of her growth there will be times when I disagree with a policy or have issues with a teacher, but this just seems crazy to me.

So I sit here asking for any of my family here at 2o2p to help me out here with some advice.  It seems that daycare teachers sometimes forget that they are watching kids and not adults.  Sorry for the rant, and thank you in advance for any help.