Chicago · Licensed center

Smart Learning Education Center LLC

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since March 2021.

Of the 130 Chicago-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 45% had rules cited at all 5, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Mar 2, 20264 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)

Feb 19, 202515 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)(1)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k)

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(n)

11 more from this inspection

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(o)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(q)

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(j)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(4)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

Mar 27, 20241 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Mar 6, 20231 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Mar 19, 20211 citation

  • Personnel Records

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
March 2, 2026
On file
5 visits since March 2021 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was April 12, 2026. 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.

Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · March 2, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100 · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

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

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d) · Violation corrected

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574411 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 15 findings

Monitoring visit · February 19, 2025

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

7 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) through (o) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) · 407.370(d)(4) · 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(6) · 407.370(f)(1) · 407.370(j)(1) · 407.370(o)

Nutrition and Meal Service

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g) through (q) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g) · 407.330(q)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(j) · Violation corrected

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j) · Violation corrected

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(n) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574411 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 27, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574411 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 6, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574411 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 19, 2021

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574411 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

7735238778

Address
2705 S Archer Ave
License
license issued (il)

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All checked July 2026.

State record

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

Details

  • Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SMART LEARNING EDUCATION CENTER LLC" under Provider Name and 60608 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 574411).

Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.