John R Lewis Head Start

R 400.8213(1)(b) · R 400.8213(1)(b) Staff; volunteer (1) All staff and volunteers present at the center shall: (b) Act in a manner that is conducive to the welfare of children.

Lead Teacher 1 is not conducive to the welfare of children.

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R 400.8280(1) · R 400.8280(1) Discipline (1) Positive methods of discipline that encourage self-control, self- direction, self-esteem, and cooperation must be used.

Lead Teacher 1 did not use positive methods of discipline that encourage self-control, self-direction, self-esteem, and cooperation when she pulled Child A's leg to get him back on the cot.

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R 400.8280(2)(c) · R 400.8280(2)(c) Discipline (2) All of the following means of punishment are prohibited: (c) Restricting a child's movement by binding or tying the child.

Lead Teacher 1 restricted Child A's movements when she held him down on her lap and held his hand so he couldn't move.

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R 400.8280(2)(d) · R 400.8280(2)(d) Discipline (2) All of the following means of punishment are prohibited: (d) Inflicting mental or emotional punishment, such as humiliating, shaming, or threatening a child.

Lead Teacher 1 inflicted mental/emotional punishment when she used a curse word at a child and threatened the child, told children to "shut up" and told Child A that if he didn't stay on his cot she would "hold him like a baby" and humiliated a child for pouring milk on his plate.

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R 400.8280(1) · R 400.8280(1) Discipline (1) Positive methods of discipline that encourage self-control, self- direction, self-esteem, and cooperation must be used.

Lead Teacher 1 did not use positive methods of discipline that encourage self-control, self-direction, self-esteem, and cooperation when she pulled wiped Child A’s spit on his face.

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R 400.8222(4)(c) · R 400.8222(4)(c) Capacity; ratio and group size requirements (4) In each room or well-defined space, the maximum group size and ratio of child care staff members to children, including children related to a staff member or the licensee, must be as shown in Table 1: (c) Preschoolers, 3 years of age until 4 years of age, child care staff member to child ratio of 1 to 10, maximum group size of 30.

On 03/24/2026, the Lion classroom did not maintain the required 1:10 child care staff member to child ratio when Lead Teacher 1 left the classroom for 10-15 minutes leaving Teacher 1 alone with 17 children ages 3-4 years old.

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R 400.8266(3)(a) · R 400.8266(3)(a) Incident, accident, injury, illness, death, fire reporting (3) A licensee, licensee designee, or program administrator shall report to the child's parent and the department, directly or via phone, fax, or email, within 24 hours of the occurrence of any of the following: (a) An incident involving an allegation of inappropriate contact.

Program Administrator did not notify the department within 24 hours that Lead Teacher 1 held Child A inappropriately.

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R 400.8161(1) · R 400.8161(1) Maintenance of premises. (1) The premises must be maintained in a clean and safe condition and must not pose a threat to health o r safety.

The Llama classroom is maintained in a clean and safe condition and does not pose a threat to the health or safety.

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R 400.8280(2)(c) · R 400.8280(2)(c) Discipline (2) All of the following means of punishment are prohibited: (c) Restricting a child's movement by binding o r tying the child.

Lead Teacher 1 did not use prohibited method of punishment. She did not hold Child A down.

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R 400.8222(4)(c) · R 400.8222(4)(c) Capacity; ratio and group size requirements (4) In each room or well-defined space, the maximum group size and ratio of child care staff members to children, including children related to a staff member or the licensee, must be as shown in Table 1: (c) Preschoolers, 3 years of age until 4 years of age, child care staff member to child ratio of 1 to 1 0, maximum group size of 30.

The Lion classroom maintains the required 1:10 child care staff member to child ratio.

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R 400.8222(4)(d) · R 400.8222(4)(d) Capacity; ratio and group size requirements (4) In each room or well-defined space, the maximum group size and ratio of child care staff members to children, including children related to a staff member or the licensee, must be as shown in Table 1: (d) Preschoolers, 4 years of age until school- age, child care staff member to child ratio of 1 to 12, m aximum group size of 40.

The Llama classroom maintains the required 1:12 child care staff member to child ratio.

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R 400.8213(1)(a) · R 400.8213(1)(a) Staff; volunteer (1) All staff and volunteers present at the center shall: (a) Provide appropriate care and supervision o f children at all times.

Lead Teacher 2 (LT 2), Teacher 3, and Teacher 4 provide appropriate care and supervision. LT 2, Teacher 3 and Teacher 4 did not observe another child hit Child D in the eye and Child D did not inform them that another child hit him in the eye.

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R 400.8112a(1) · R 400.8112a(1) Center records. (1) The center shall maintain accurate records detailing daily arrival and departure times for each staff member, volunteers, therapeutic professionals, a nd independent service providers.

The Llama classroom did not maintain accurate records detailing daily arrival and departure times for each staff member, volunteers, therapeutic professionals, and independent service providers. There were four days in the Llama classroom that were missing either the time in or time out.

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R 400.8213(1)(b) · R 400.8213(1)(b) Staff; volunteer 3 LANDMARK BUILDING • 105 W. ALLEGAN STREET • LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 Michigan.gov/MiLEAP (1) All staff and volunteers present at the center shall: (b) Act in a manner that is conducive to the welfare o f children.

Program Administrative did act in a manner that is conducive to the welfare of children.

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722.115m(2) Child care center, group child care home, or family child care home; requirements for licensure; disclosure of ownership interest. A person, local or state governmental organization, trust, or legal entity shall not establish or maintain a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home unless licensed by the department. Application for a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home license must be made on forms provided, and in the manner prescribed, by the department, including the fees required under subsection (11). Before issuing or renewing a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home license, the department must investigate the applicant's activities and proposed standards of care and must make an on- site visit of the proposed or established child care center, group child care home, or family child care home. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and sections 5q and 5r, if the department is satisfied as to the need for a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home, as to its financial stability, and that the service, facility, applicant, licensee, child care staff member, or member of the household is conducive to the welfare of the children, the department shall issue or renew the child care center, group child care home, or family child care home license. If the department determines that a service, facility, applicant, licensee, child care staff member, or member of the household is not conducive to the welfare of the children, the department shall deny that application or revoke that licensee's license according to section 1 1.

CONCLUSION: REQUIREMENT MET Rule/Statutory Violations

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R 400.8280(2)(a) · R 400.8280(2)(a) Discipline (2) All of the following means of punishment are prohibited: (a) Hitting, spanking, shaking, biting, pinching, o r inflicting other forms of corporal punishment.

There is not sufficient evidence to support the claim that Program Administrator used prohibited means of punishment by pushing Child A, by putting her finger on Child C's nose and pushing his head back, by rolling Child D off of a cot onto the floor or by pushing Child E on the stomach.

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R 400.8266(3)(a) · R 400.8266(3)(a) Incident, accident, injury, illness, death, fire reporting (3) A licensee, licensee designee, or program administrator shall report to the child's parent and the department, directly or via phone, fax, or email, within 24 hours of the occurrence of any of the following: (a) An incident involving an allegation of i nappropriate contact.

Licensee Designee Toby Berry and Program Administrator did not notify parents or the department within 24 hours of allegation being made regarding inappropriate contact.

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R 400.8266(5) · R 400.8266(5) Incident, accident, injury, illness, death, fire reporting (5) A licensee, licensee designee, or program administrator shall submit a written report to the department of the occurrences outlined in subrules (1) to (4) of this rule, in a format provided by the department, within 72 hours of the verbal report to t he department. 5 LANDMARK BUILDING • 105 W. ALLEGAN STREET • LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 Michigan.gov/MiLEAP

Licensee Designee Toby Berry and Program Administrator did not submit a written report to the department within 72 hours regarding an allegation being made of inappropriate contact.

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R 400.8280(1) · R 400.8280(1) Discipline 6 LANDMARK BUILDING • 105 W. ALLEGAN STREET • LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 Michigan.gov/MiLEAP (1) Positive methods of discipline that encourage self-control, self- direction, self-esteem, and c ooperation must be used.

Program Administrator did not use positive methods of discipline when she grabbed Child B by the arm instead of holding his hand.

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R 400.8280(2)(d) · R 400.8280(2)(d) Discipline (2) All of the following means of punishment are prohibited: (d) Inflicting mental or emotional punishment, s uch as humiliating, shaming, or threatening a child.

Program Administrator used prohibited means of punishment when she threatened to use "handle with care" a type of restraint with Child B.

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