Recorded violations per inspection
- This provider
- 1.6
- Local median
- 0.9
IT'S A LITTLE SCHOLARS CHILDCARE CENTER
3692 CHIA ROAD, Palm Springs, CA 92262
- Facility:
- 334846688
- Type:
- SINGLE LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER
- Status:
- Licensed
- Records checked:
- July 17, 2026
Additional info
- Source:
- California Community Care Licensing Division
- District office:
- Not listed
- License effective:
- Not found
- Capacity:
- 90
Inspection snapshot
Recent higher-concern violation
At least one higher-concern violation appears in the last 12 months.
Next: Read reports, examine repeated topics below, look at the broader history, and ask what changed afterward.
Latest inspectionJanuary 21, 2026
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsSeptember 9, 2025
Summary
This summary covers five available inspections for IT'S A LITTLE SCHOLARS CHILDCARE CENTER from December 12, 2024 through January 21, 2026.
Three inspections recorded violations, with eight recorded violations in total.
The most recent recorded violation was on January 21, 2026 and involved recordkeeping, with a due date of January 30, 2026.
Supervision was a higher-concern topic that showed up in two inspections.
The available reports do not include a later inspection with no recorded violations after that violation.
At a glance
- Total inspections
- 5
- Recorded violations
- 8
- Higher-concern violations
- 3
- Repeated topics
- 2
4 in last 12 months
8 in last 12 months
3 in last 12 months
Last 36 months
Local comparison
5 total inspections vs 4 local median in 92262
Compared to 10 local facilities
Inspections with higher-concern violations
- This provider
- 40%
- Local median
- 25%
Inspections with recorded violations
- This provider
- 60%
- Local median
- 48%
Repeated topics
- This provider
- 2
- Local average
- 0.3
Repeated topics
Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.
Recordkeeping
Appeared across 2 inspections, with 2 recorded violations.
December 2, 2025January 21, 2026Supervision
Appeared across 2 inspections, with 2 recorded violations.
August 14, 2025December 2, 2025Inspection history
Available inspection history. Select a violation topic for more info.
Low concern: Recordkeeping
- Report finding
- Admission Agreements: The licensee shall comply with all terms and conditions set forth in the admission agreement. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. In the course of the investigation, it was determined that some parent/legal guardians had been informed that the facility closes at 5:30pm and/or earlier than 6:00pm, which differs from the parent handbook and facility license, which state 6:00pm. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by January 30, 2026
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101219(f) - 101219(f)
- Official code
- 101219(f)
Higher concern: Supervision
- Report finding
- Personnel Requirements (1) Except as specified in (3) below, good physical health shall be verified by a health screening, including a test for tuberculosis, performed by or under the supervision of a physician not more than one year prior to or seven days after employment or licensure. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. In reviewing staff records, staff #10 was hired with a TB test/Health Screening that had been conducted over a year ago. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by December 19, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101216(g)(1) - 101216(g)(1)
- Official code
- 101216(g)(1)
Medium concern: Parent rights
- Report finding
- A licensed child care facility or home shall provide to the parents of each child receiving services in the facility copies of any licensing report that documents any Type A citation that represents an immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care as specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1596.893b. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. In reviewing children files, Child #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #11, and #12, were missing an Acknowledgement of Receipt of Licensing Reports (LIC9224) for a Type A citation that was issued on 8/14/2025. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by December 19, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- HSC 1596.8595(c) - 1596.8595(c)
- Official code
- 1596.8595(c)
Low concern: Recordkeeping
- Report finding
- General: For a license issued on or after July 1, 2022, initial testing results shall be received and posted within 180 days of licensure. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review the facility has not completed the testing of their water, that is used for consumption, for lead. This poses/posed a potential health and safety or risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by December 31, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101700(c)(1) - 101700(c)(1)
- Official code
- 101700(c)(1)
Low concern: Administrative posting
- Report finding
- Advertisements and License Numbers: Licensees shall reveal each child care center license number in all advertisements in accordance with Health and Safety Code Section 1596.861. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation of the facility van used for transportation that had a magnetic sign which had the facility name and logo but not the facility license number. This poses/posed a potential health and safety or risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by December 19, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101162(a)(1) - 101162(a)(1)
- Official code
- 101162(a)(1)
No recorded violations in this report
Higher concern: Staff-to-child ratio
- Report finding
- Staff-Infant Ratio: There shall be a ratio of one teacher for every four infants in attendance. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: LPA observed a staff providing care and supervision to 5 and then six infants, alone, without the help of additional staff. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by August 15, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101416.5(b) - 101416.5(b)
- Official code
- 101416.5(b)
Higher concern: Supervision
- Report finding
- Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision for Infants: Each infant shall be constantly supervised and under direct visual observation and supervision by a staff person at all times. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: LPA observed an infant teacher leave the infant classroom and enter the another classroom to assist a parent dropping their infant child. In doing so, the infant teacher left four infant alone in the classroom. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by August 15, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101429(a)(1) - 101429(a)(1)
- Official code
- 101429(a)(1)
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- Infant Care Teacher Qualifications and Duties: Prior to employment, an infant care teacher shall have completed, with passing grades, at least three post secondary semesters or equivalent quarter units in early childhood education or child development, and three post secondary semester or equivalent quarter units related to the care of infants, at an accredited or approved college or university. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: LPA was informed and staff file was reviewed, which confirmed that the staff that was left alone with up to six infants had not completed the required courses to
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by August 22, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101416.2(b) - 101416.2(b)
- Official code
- 101416.2(b)
No recorded violations in this report