Level Up Learning Academy

Regulation: 3270.106(a)

Description: Clean, age appropriate

Noncompliance Area: On 2/12/2026, Certification Representative observed infant child #1 sleeping in a bouncy chair and not in proper rest equipment.

Correction Required: Individual, clean, age-appropriate rest equipment shall be provided for preschool, toddler and infant children as agreed between the child's parent and the operator. The rest equipment shall be labeled for the use of a specific child and used only by the specified child.

Regulation: 3270.113(a)

Description: Supervised at all times

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection on 2/12/2026, Certification Representative observed that three children were sleeping in the back classroom area without proper staff supervision. This occurred when the director/staff #1 left the children in that area to answer the door.

Correction Required: Children on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the premises shall be supervised by a staff person at all times. Outdoor play space used by the facility is considered part of the facility premises.

Regulation: 3270.113(b)

Description: No physical punishment

Noncompliance Area: Based on an investigation that included a review of video camera footage and interviews, it was verified that on 2/6/2026 at approximately 9:23 am, facility staff #1 briefly and aggressively handled facility child #1 and took child by the arm in a rough manner to put him into the bathroom because the child was not completing a table activity.

Correction Required: A facility person may not use any form of physical punishment, including spanking a child.

Regulation: 3270.113(d)

Description: No harsh language

Noncompliance Area: Based on an investigation that included a review of video camera footage and interviews, it was verified that on 2/6/2026 and other occasions, facility staff #1 has yelled at children and/or spoken to children in a harsh manner.

Correction Required: A facility person may not use harsh, demeaning or abusive language in the presence of children.

Regulation: 3270.113(e)

Description: Restraints prohibited

Noncompliance Area: Based on an investigation that included a review of video camera footage and interviews, it was verified that on 2/6/2026 facility staff #1 roughly grabbed facility child #1 and put the child into the bathroom when the child was not completing a table activity.

Correction Required: A facility person may not restrain a child by using bonds, ties or straps to restrict a child's movement or by enclosing the child in a confined space, closet or locked room. The prohibition against restraining a child does not apply to the use of adaptive equipment prescribed for a child with special needs.

Regulation: 3270.106(a)

Description: Clean, age appropriate

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, the infant cribs were not labeled for the use of a specific child.

Correction Required: Individual, clean, age-appropriate rest equipment shall be provided for preschool, toddler and infant children as agreed between the child's parent and the operator. The rest equipment shall be labeled for the use of a specific child and used only by the specified child.

Regulation: 3270.107

Description: Refrigerator

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, the refrigerator located in the infant childcare space, did not have a thermometer.

Correction Required: A facility shall have an operable, clean refrigerator used to store potentially hazardous foods. The refrigerator shall be capable of maintaining food at 45° F or below. An operating thermometer shall be placed in the refrigerator.

Regulation: 3270.123(a)

Description: Signed

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, children #1, #2, #4 and #5 Financial Agreement Forms were missing provider signatures. Child #3 Financial Agreement Form was missing both parental and provider signatures.

Correction Required: An agreement shall be signed by the operator and the parent.

Regulation: 3270.123(a)(1)/3270.123(a)(2)

Description: Amount of fee/Date fee to be paid

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, children #2 through #5, Financial Agreement Forms did not list the Fee Amounts. Child #3 Financial Agreement Form did not list the date in which the fees are due.

Correction Required: An agreement shall specify the amount of the fee to be charged per day or per week. An agreement shall specify the date on which the fee is to be paid.

Regulation: 3270.123(a)(4)/3270.123(a)(5)

Description: Arrival/departure times/Designated release persons

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, children #1, #2 and #3 Financial Agreement Forms did not address arrival and departure times nor did the forms list persons designated by a parent to whom the child may be released.

Correction Required: An agreement shall specify the child's arrival and departure times. An agreement shall specify the persons designated by a parent to whom the child may be released.

Regulation: 3270.123(a)(6)/3270.182(2)

Description: Admission date/Application, admission, withdrawal dates

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, children #1, #2 and #3 Financial Agreement Forms did not list the children's admission dates.

Correction Required: An agreement shall specify the date of the child's admission. A child's record shall contain the dates of application, admission and withdrawal of the child.

Regulation: 3270.123(a)(7)

Description: Services considered extra

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, children #1 through #5, Financial Agreement Forms did not address any services considered to be extra.

Correction Required: An agreement shall specify the services which are to be considered as extra.

Regulation: 3270.124(b)(2)/3270.124(b)(6)

Description: Physician name, address, phone/Insurance coverage information

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, child #1 Emergency Contact Form did not list telephone number for physician/medical care office and did not list the child's insurance policy number. Child #2 Emergency Contact Form did not list the name of the child's physician/medical care office. Child #3 Emergency Contact Form did not list the child's insurance policy number.

Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the child's physician or source of medical care. Emergency contact information must include health insurance coverage and policy number for a child under a family policy or Medical Assistance benefits, if applicable.

Regulation: 3270.124(b)(3)

Description: Parent home/work address, phone

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, children #1, #2 and #3 Emergency Contact Forms did not list parents work addresses and/or work telephone numbers.

Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the home, and work addresses and telephone numbers of the enrolling parent.

Regulation: 3270.151(c)(2)/3270.192(3)

Description: Mantoux TB/Health assessment, TB test

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, facility person #1 TB test results on file was dated 4.2014. Prior to approximate hiring date of 1.2025.

Correction Required: An adult health assessment must include tuberculosis screening by the Mantoux method at initial employment. Subsequent tuberculosis screening is not required unless directed by a physician, physician's assistant, CRNP, the Department of Health or a local health department. A facility person's record shall include a written report of initial and subsequent health assessments, including the results of initial and subsequent tuberculin skin tests, x-rays or other medical documentation necessary to confirm freedom from communicable tuberculosis.

Regulation: 3270.151(c)(3)/3270.192(3)

Description: Exam communicable disease/Health assessment, TB test

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, facility person #1 health assessment on file did not address if the person was examined for and free of communicable diseases.

Correction Required: An adult health assessment must include an examination for communicable diseases and the results of that examination. A facility person's record shall include a written report of initial and subsequent health assessments, including the results of initial and subsequent tuberculin skin tests, x-rays or other medical documentation necessary to confirm freedom from communicable tuberculosis.

Regulation: 3270.165

Description: Menus

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, the facility's menu was not posted in a conspicuous location.

Correction Required: An operator shall conspicuously post the menu at least 1 week in advance or provide a menu to each family.

Regulation: 3270.166(1)/3270.166(4)

Description: Written statement/Bottles labeled

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, it was observed that the infant in care did not have a written statement from the parent with the infant's formula and feeding schedule. It was also observed that the infant's bottle in use was not labeled with the infant's name.

Correction Required: A written statement giving the formula and feeding schedule for an infant shall be obtained from the parent. Disposable nursers and bottles shall be labeled with the child's name.

Regulation: 3270.182(4)

Description: Consent for administration of medications or special dietary needs

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, child #4 Emergency Contact Form did not have written parental consent for the administration of medications and/or special dietary needs.

Correction Required: A child's record shall contain signed parental consent for administration of medications or special dietary needs.

Regulation: 3270.192(2)(iv)

Description: Transcript, diploma and letters

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, facility person #1 did not have written verification of experience on file.

Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include acceptable verification of experience, education or training is a transcript or a diploma or a letter signed by a representative of the experiential, educational or training entity.

Regulation: 3270.192(5)

Description: Two written references

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, facility person #1 file did not contain the two required nonfamily references.

Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include two written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person.

Regulation: 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4)

Description: Comply with CPSL/CPSL information

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, facility person #1 Child Abuse Clearance was expired. Child Abuse Clearance was dated 10.6.2005. Facility person #1 did not have a National Sex Offender's Registry Clearance on file. Facility person #2, did not have a National Sex Offender's Registry Clearance on file.

Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). A facility person's record shall include a copy of requests for the criminal history record and child abuse registry clearance information, a copy of the disclosure statement and a copy of the completed clearance information required under the CPSL. Facility Persons #1 and #2 may not work in a childcare position at the facility.

Regulation: 3270.69(b)

Description: 110º F or less

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, the hot water in the two bathrooms located in the school age area on the lower level, reached 116 degrees.

Correction Required: Hot water temperature, in areas accessible to children, may not exceed 110° F.

Regulation: 3270.94(a)(1)

Description: Every 60 days

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, the facility had not conducted a fire drill within the past 60 days.

Correction Required: The Director or designated staff person who is responsible for compliance with this chapter shall conduct fire drills and ensure that fire drills are conducted at least once every 60 days.

Regulation: 3270.95(a)/3270.95(b)

Description: Devices must be compliant/Director or designated staff person ensure compliance

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, the facility's documented fire inspection summary from the township fire department was over a year old. Inspection summary was dated 11.10.2023.

Correction Required: Fire detection devices or systems must be in compliance with standards established under section 1016(c) of the act (62 P.S. §  1016(c)). The Director or designated staff person who is responsible for compliance with this chapter shall ensure the requirements under subsection (a) are met.

Regulation: 3270.104(a)

Description: Clean, good repair, proper size

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspections, facility had shelving that was not mounted and posed a safety hazard.

Correction Required: Furniture must be durable, safe, easily cleaned and appropriate for the child's size, age and special needs.

Regulation: 3270.151(b)/3270.151(c)(1)

Description: Conducted by physician, PA or CRNP/Physical examination

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, facility person #1 did not have a current, signed health assessment on file.

Correction Required: A health assessment shall be conducted and a report shall be written and signed by a physician, physician's assistant or CRNP. The signature must include the individual's professional title. An adult health assessment must include a physical examination.

Regulation: 3270.192(5)

Description: Two written references

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, facility person #1 did not have required 2 written, nonfamily references on file.

Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include two written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person.

Regulation: 3270.27(a)(2)/3270.27(a)(5)

Description: Emergency plan/Emergency plan

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, facility's emergency plan did not contain an immediate emergency evacuation location from the facility's premises and accommodations for evacuating infants, toddlers, and children with special needs.

Correction Required: The facility shall have an emergency plan that provides for accommodations for evacuation of children from the facility building and evacuation of children to a location away from the facility premises. The evacuation routes and evacuation plans to exit the building may be the same as those required by §3270.94 (relating to fire drills). The facility shall have an emergency plan that provides for accommodations for infants, toddlers, children with disabilities, and children with chronic medical conditions.

Regulation: 3270.27(c)

Description: Training regarding plan

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, facility did not have documentation of emergency plan training for current staff.

Correction Required: The operator shall assure that each facility person receives training regarding the emergency plan at the time of initial employment, on an annual basis and at the time of each plan update. The operator shall document the date of each training and the names of all facility persons who received the training and kept on file at the facility.

Regulation: 3270.31(e)(4)(ii)

Description: Fire safety - 1 yr.

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, facility person #1 did not have approved fire safety/protection training.

Correction Required: Staff persons shall participate, at least annually, in firesafety training conducted by a fire protection professional. Staff persons and volunteers shall receive training in maintenance of smoke detectors, the duties of facility persons during a fire drill and during a fire and the use of the facility's fire extinguishers, not including discharge of the fire suppressant agent.

Regulation: 3270.63

Description: Unsafe Areas in Outdoor Space

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, the outdoor play area did not have proper fence closure to restrict children's access to the parking lot.

Correction Required: If unsafe areas or conditions are in or near an outdoor play space, fencing or natural barriers are required to restrict children from those unsafe areas or conditions.

Regulation: 3270.75(b)/3270.75(c)

Description: Inaccessible to children/Has all items

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, 2 first aid kits did not have soap and/or scissors.

Correction Required: A first-aid kit must be inaccessible to children. A first-aid kit must contain the following: soap, an assortment of adhesive bandages, sterile gauze pads, tweezers, tape, scissors and disposable, nonporous gloves.

Regulation: 3270.81

Description: Glass

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, childcare space titled before and after school room did not have visual strip or other visual identification on glass leading from parking lot.

Correction Required: A visual strip or other visual identification shall be placed on glass located in a traffic area, a child care space or a play space.

Regulation: 3270.82(h)

Description: Handwashing signs

Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, handwashing sign did not include hands should be washed after toileting and before eating.

Correction Required: A facility person and an able child shall wash his hands after toileting and before eating. A sign on which this requirement is written shall be posted at each toilet, training chair, diapering area and sink in the facility.