The Prep Center, Inc.
A license type: III in Bastrop, Louisiana 71220
1906 Cooper Lake Rd, Bastrop, Louisiana 71220. (318) 281-8819.
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The short answer
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What these words mean4
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Quality rating
- Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
Louisiana lists 15 inspection visits, the latest on May 22, 2025 (Follow Up To Annual).
Louisiana says deficiencies were cited at 3 of them.
Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, inspection visits. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2025 | Follow Up To Annual | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Annual Inspection | Deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Oct 3, 2024 | Compliance | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Apr 2, 2024 | Annual Inspection | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Mar 22, 2023 | Annual Inspection | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Apr 12, 2022 | Annual Survey | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| May 18, 2021 | Compliance | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| May 18, 2021 | Incident | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Jul 27, 2020 | Incident | Deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Jul 10, 2019 | Follow-Up to Annual Survey | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Apr 3, 2019 | Annual Survey | Deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Feb 26, 2019 | Compliance | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Mar 12, 2018 | Annual Survey | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Compliance | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Feb 23, 2017 | Annual Survey | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed. License type: III. Licensed Center. Takes the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP).
- Ages served: Infant (Under 1)-PK (ages 3-4).
Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, early childhood profiles. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Louisiana acted against it?
- Louisiana’s School Finder doesn’t show enforcement actions, such as fines or licence revocations, for individual providers.
Who does the caring?
- Louisiana’s School Finder doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Louisiana’s School Finder doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- Louisiana’s School Finder shows no Early Childhood Performance Rating for this provider.
Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, early childhood profiles. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Louisiana doesn’t publish how many deficiencies a visit found, so providers aren’t compared.
Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, inspection visits. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | |
|---|---|
| The Prep Center, Inc. This child care provider | Not given |
What the record doesn’t say
- What Louisiana found at each visit (its statements of deficiencies) isn’t shown here: its reports open only through links that expire or through a document system that asks for a sign-in. Louisiana’s own page for this provider links each one.
- Louisiana doesn’t publish how many deficiencies were cited at a visit, or how serious they were.
- Louisiana lists only recent visits. In its words: “Inspection displayed on this page are the last 15 visits or last visits done within 3 years period of time.”
- Louisiana also says: “Inspections conducted before July 2024 that do not have deficiencies may not have an available Inspection Report.”
- Louisiana’s School Finder doesn’t show owners, staffing levels or enforcement actions for individual providers.
Sources
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Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, early childhood profiles.
Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated: the School Finder shows no terms of use, licence or disclaimer (checked 2026-10-17).
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Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, inspection visits.
Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated: the School Finder shows no terms of use, licence or disclaimer (checked 2026-10-17).
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.
From the provider
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Replies
None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the provider will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.
Paid listing
None. Paid listings aren’t open yet. When they open, anything paid for will say “Paid by the provider”, and paying will never change a finding, a rating or the order of results.