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18-000644 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES vs SU'S CREATIVE CORNER PRESCHOOL NO. 2 (2018)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Feb. 09, 2018

The issues are whether Respondent allowed an employee without background screening, unaccompanied by a screened individual, to supervise a class of children in care and, if so, what penalty Petitioner should impose.$100 fine for day care facility that allowed unscreened employee alone with children in care without a screened individual.

17-000616 ANIBAL STEPHENSON vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (2017)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Jan. 26, 2017

Whether Petitioner, a Program Director of a residential child-caring agency, is entitled to a waiver of the educational requirements of Florida Administrative Code Rule 65C- 14.023(15)(b), pursuant to section 120.542, Florida Statutes.Petitioner's application for waiver from educational requirements of rule 65C-14.023 should be granted based upon his 17 years of exemplary work and leadership in social work and child welfare. Petitioner demonstrated a hardship if waiver not granted.

15-003827 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES vs KINDER KIDS LEARNING CENTER AND PRESCHOOL, II (2015)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Jul. 01, 2015

Whether the Petitioner correctly cited the Respondent with a Class I violation when the Respondent left an unscreened individual to supervise children in the Respondent’s care, and, if so, is the proper penalty an imposition of a $100.00 fine and termination of the Respondent’s Gold Seal designation.Department failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that Respondent left an unscreened individual to supervise children in Respondent's care.

14-004586 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES vs PLAY AND LEARN CHILD CARE CENTER (2014)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Oct. 02, 2014

The issues are: 1) whether Respondent seated a child in a non-excluded vehicle without an individual seat belt or federally approved child safety restraint, as allegedly required by section 402.305(10), Florida Statutes, and Florida Administrative Code Rule 65C-22.001(6)(d) and (e); 2) if so, whether this is a Class I violation, as provided by section 402.305(10) and rule 65C-22.001(6)(d) and (e); and 3) if so, whether this Class I violation necessitates the termination of Respondent's Gold Seal designation, as provided by section 402.281.Petitioner failed to prove that school bus owned and operated by child care facility was not an excluded vehicle so as to be subject to seat-belt requirements.

20-003754 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES vs STARCHILD ACADEMY WEKIVA (2020)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Aug. 18, 2020

Whether Respondent, a licensed child care facility, committed two Class I violations as alleged in the Administrative Complaint; and, if so, the appropriate penalty, including whether Petitioner may terminate Respondent's participation in the Gold Seal Quality Care program.DCF proved Respondent, through the actions of its employee, committed an act of physical punishment as a form of discipline, a class I violation of DCF rules and statutes.

20-003208 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES vs THUMBELINA LEARNING CENTER CORP., D/B/A THUMBELINA LEARNING CENTER V (2020)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Jul. 15, 2020

Whether Respondent’s request for an administrative hearing was timely filed or whether equitable tolling applies in this matter.Respondent timely requested a hearing within 21 days of receiving the Administrative Complaint pursuant to Florida Administrative Code Rule 28-106.111.