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Smart Start Preschool

1565 East Avenue, Chico, CA 95926 · Butte County (530) 897-6278 License #45404371

This license no longer appears in the current roster of California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division. States do not always publish why a license leaves the roster; the history below stays on file.

8
inspections on file
2
recorded violations
0
health & safety class
Feb 4, 2026
last inspection

Inspection history

Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division
Inspection history for Smart Start Preschool
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Feb 4, 2026InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Jan 7, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Nov 7, 2024ComplaintUnsubstantiated · 1 deficiency cited1Official report · PDF
Nov 7, 2024Case Management: OtherNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Nov 7, 2024Case Management: Deficiencies1 Type B deficiency cited1Official report · PDF
May 8, 2024ComplaintUnsubstantiated0Official report · PDF
Dec 11, 2023InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Nov 16, 2022InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF

Violations

Text reproduced verbatim · California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division
How to read violations

Nearly every licensed provider accumulates some. A missing signature and an unlocked medicine cabinet are both “violations”, and they are not the same thing. Look at the class, the pattern over time and how quickly it was corrected — not the count alone.

Paperwork — records, postings, forms Standard — supervision, ratio, training Health & safety — direct risk to a child

Class is our grouping of the state’s own weights, reviewed per state. The agency’s own label is always shown beside it.

Nov 7, 2024Complaint · 1 deficiency citedOfficial report
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101212(F) — Reporting Requirements The items specified...

“based on interviews it was determined that the facility failed to report an injury which occurred to a child to the child's authorized representative. This is a potential health and safety risk to children in care”

Corrective action plan due Dec 7, 2024
Nov 7, 2024Case Management: Deficiencies · 1 deficiency citedOfficial report
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101212(d)(1)(B) — upon the occurrence, during the operation of the child care center of any of the events specified in (d)(1) below, a report shall be made…

“Based on file review, the facility did not notify the department by phone or written report within specified timelines, which poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.”

Corrective action plan due Dec 7, 2024

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