Dallas · Licensed center
Cline Learning Center Of Dallas # IV
- Medium center, licensed for 64 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 6 licensing inspections since November 2023.
Of the 81 Charlotte-area centers with 6 licensing inspections, 21% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this center did. 11% had rules cited at all 6, 10% at none.
Licensing inspections
May 15, 20262 citations
“A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S. 110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. Nine current staff members were employed on the following dates: September 2, 2021, August 1, 2021, January 4, 2021, August 6, 2025, October 30, 2023, May 22, 2024, October 28, 2024, February 26, 2024, and April 27, 2026, and were not listed on the ABCMS Provider Portal roster for this facility.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/29/2026
“Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. The previous approved annual fire inspection was completed on January 16, 2025. The most recent approved annual fire inspection was completed on February 10, 2026. The approved annual fire inspection was due to be completed by January 16, 2026.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/29/2026
Dec 4, 20252 citations
“All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. One (1) new staff member employed on August 6, 2025, was due to complete First Aid training by November 6, 2025. The First Aid training was completed on December 2, 2025.”
Violation corrected during visit
“All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. One (1) new staff member employed on August 6, 2025, was due to complete CPR training by November 6, 2025. The CPR training was completed on December 2, 2025.”
Violation corrected during visit
Jan 23, 20241 citation
“Daily records of arrival and departure times for children enrolled at the center were not maintained as children arrive and depart and/or were not made available for review. In Space #3, on January 16, 2024, one child’s departure time was not documented; on January 18, 2024, fourteen children’s departure times were not documented; on January 19, 2024, fifteen children departure times were documented.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/25/2024
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- May 15, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since November 2023 — 3 cited nothing, 3 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 5 record a correction, in the licensor’s own words.
- Most serious
- North Carolina DCDEE does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
North Carolina DCDEE describes every citation in the licensor’s own words and records the correction in that same text — the only one of the six states that publishes whether a violation was fixed. It attaches no rule number and no report document.
May 2026 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · May 15, 2026
A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S. 110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. Nine current staff members were employed on the following dates: September 2, 2021, August 1, 2021, January 4, 2021, August 6, 2025, October 30, 2023, May 22, 2024, October 28, 2024, February 26, 2024, and April 27, 2026, and were not listed on the ABCMS Provider Portal roster for this facility.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/29/2026
Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. The previous approved annual fire inspection was completed on January 16, 2025. The most recent approved annual fire inspection was completed on February 10, 2026. The approved annual fire inspection was due to be completed by January 16, 2026.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/29/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000335 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Dec 2025 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · December 4, 2025
All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. One (1) new staff member employed on August 6, 2025, was due to complete First Aid training by November 6, 2025. The First Aid training was completed on December 2, 2025.
Violation corrected during visit
All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. One (1) new staff member employed on August 6, 2025, was due to complete CPR training by November 6, 2025. The CPR training was completed on December 2, 2025.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000335 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jan 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · January 23, 2024
Daily records of arrival and departure times for children enrolled at the center were not maintained as children arrive and depart and/or were not made available for review. In Space #3, on January 16, 2024, one child’s departure time was not documented; on January 18, 2024, fourteen children’s departure times were not documented; on January 19, 2024, fifteen children departure times were documented.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/25/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000335 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Website
- clinelearningcenters.com
- Address
- 611 East Trade Street
- License
- 36000335, active
- Quality program
- Five Star License
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All checked July 2026.
State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 36000335 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website clinelearningcenters.com
Medium means the middle half of Charlotte-area’s 591 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 51 to 162 children. Small is 11 to 50; large is 163 to 528.