Chicago · Licensed center

Bright Scholars Academy

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since December 2022.

Of the 106 Chicago-area centers with 3 licensing inspections, 58% had rules cited at all 3, as this center did. 10% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Aug 11, 20257 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(2)

3 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6)

Jun 9, 20253 citations

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3)

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i)(2)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

Dec 13, 20223 citations

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 11, 2025
On file
3 visits since December 2022 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 10, 2025. Illinois DCFS does not publish whether it was made.
Most serious
Illinois DCFS does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.

Illinois DCFS cites each subsection of a rule separately, so one audit of a filing cabinet can produce ten citations. It publishes the rule’s title and a correction deadline, but no description of what was observed.

Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · August 11, 2025

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · 407.370(e)(2) · 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(6)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation substantiated

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation substantiated

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 569637 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · June 9, 2025

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) through (e)(3) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · 407.260(e)(3)

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 569637 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · December 13, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected on site

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 569637 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

Details

7736298687

Address
8501 S Ashland Ave
License
license issued (il)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BRIGHT SCHOLARS ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 569637).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BRIGHT SCHOLARS ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 569637).

Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.