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Sugar ‘n Spice Broussard’s Preschool, Inc.

A license type: III in Broussard, Louisiana 70518

803 E Main St, Broussard, Louisiana 70518. (337) 839-1400.

Louisiana’s own record, on louisianaschools.com

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The short answer

Record last released by Louisiana Department of Education on Oct 27, 2026.

The last 24 months 22 deficiencies in 7 months of the last 46. Last cited Oct 2026. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

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 Nov 12, 2025 (Follow Up To Annual).

Louisiana says deficiencies were cited at 10 of them.

The Department’s file lists 22 deficiencies cited at 7 visits from Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 19, 2026, each in its words below.

Source:

Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, inspection visits. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Louisiana Department of Education, Public records response of Oct 27, 2026: deficiencies cited at early learning centers and family child care homes, Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 19, 2026. Released Oct 27, 2026. Not updated on a schedule: the Department sent this file once, in answer to a public records request.

When those deficiencies happened

22 deficiencies in 7 months of the last 46. Last cited Oct 2026. The last 4 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

22 deficiencies by month over the last 4 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each deficiency, in its source’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.

Source:

Louisiana Department of Education, Public records response of Oct 27, 2026: deficiencies cited at early learning centers and family child care homes, Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 19, 2026. Released Oct 27, 2026. Not updated on a schedule: the Department sent this file once, in answer to a public records request.

Oct 12, 2026: annual Inspection3 deficiencies
  • Child Neglect and Abuse Mandatory Reporter Training

    “1727.A.-C.: Based on record review at 11:12 a.m., S1 failed to have documentation that 1 of 14 staff, S14, completed the online child abuse and neglect Mandated Reporter Training provided by DCFS between June 1 and August 31 of the calendar year.”

    Rule 1727.A.-C.

  • Medication Sent to Center

    “1917.C.: Based on record review at 11:51 a.m., S1 failed to ensure C1, two-years-old, prescription medication, Epinephrine, did not have an expired date. The specialist observed the Epinephrine expiration date of 05/05/2026. This could not be corrected.”

    Rule 1917.C.

  • Emergency Medication Plan and Records

    “1917.K.2: Based on record review at 11:51 a.m., S1 failed to maintain a record for medication administration of C1, two-years-old, Epinephrine. This was not corrected during the inspection.”

    Rule 1917.K.

Oct 9, 2025: annual Inspection3 deficiencies
  • Non-vehicular Excursions - Minimum Child to Staff Ratio

    “1711.I.: Based on record review at 1:30 p.m., although the minimum child-to-staff ratio was met, S1 failed to ensure one additional adult was present 9 times from 5/10/2025 to 7/23/2025.”

    Rule 1711.I.

  • Visual Check of Vehicle

    “2107.A.1.2.: Based on record review at 1:30 p.m., S1 failed to ensure the vehicle check listed the time the visual passenger check was completed 16 times from 8/8/2025 to 10/9/2025.”

    Rule 2107.A.1.&2.

  • Non-vehicular Excursions - Records

    “2109.B.: Based on record review at 1:30 p.m., S1 failed to ensure the non-vehicular excursion record listed the staff present on 6/6/2025 and 7/8/2025.”

    Rule 2109.B.

Apr 10, 2025: incident Inspection6 deficiencies
  • Critical Incidents and Required Notifications

    The inspectors’ words, 129 words

    “1103.A.B.3: Based on record review on 4/3/2025, at 9:00 a.m., S2 failed to notify the parent immediately of the following incident: On 3/26/2025, while on the play yard at approximately 9:51 a.m., C1, 4-years-old, opened the back door to the center, ran through the center, and ran out the front door. S2 ran after C1 through the parking lot and retrieved him from E. Main Street. O1 was notified that C1 ran outside of the center via phone at 9:54 a.m., by S4. S2 met with O1 at 10:30 a.m., and she notified O1 that she retrieved C1 from the road during the incident. O1 stated she was not notified that C1 ran into the road in front of the center until she interviewed with the Specialist on 4/3/2025.”

    Rule 1103.A.-C.

  • Behavior management policy - Steps for addressing behaviors

    “1509.A.8.d. Based on record review/interview on 4/3/2025, at 10:30 a.m., although the center has a behavior management policy with steps for addressing behaviors and the implementation of behavior support strategies, S2 failed to adhere to the policy prior to dismissing C1 from the center on 3/26/2025.”

    Rule 1509.A.8.d.

  • Supervision

    The inspectors’ words, 100 words

    “1713.A.B.: Based on record review/interview on 4/3/2025, at 10:00 a.m., S3 failed to supervise C1, 4-years-old, at all times. On 3/26/2025, while on the play yard at approximately 9:51 a.m., C1 opened the back door to the center and ran through the center towards the front door. At 9:51:52 a.m., C1 exited the center through the front door. At 9:52:02 a.m., S2 exited the center and chased after C1 through the parking lot. C1 was retrieved from the road in front of the center by S2 at 9:52:15 a.m., prior to a vehicle passing on the road at 9:52:22 a.m.”

    Rule 1713.A.&B.&C.

  • Supervision

    “1713.A.B.C.: Based on record review/interview on 4/3/2025, at 11:30 a.m., S6 failed to supervise C2, 4-years-old, at all times. On 3/21/2025, at 4:20:12 p.m., S6 left C2 in the classroom after the class walked out to go to the playground. At approximately 4:20:58 p.m., the children in the next classroom observed C2 over the half wall and alerted S9. C2 was retrieved from the classroom and joined S9’s class at approximately 4:22:28 p.m., and returned to S6 on the playground at approximately 4:22:48 p.m.”

    Rule 1713.A.&B.&C.

  • Orientation Training

    “1719.C.: Based on record review on 4/3/2025, at 9:30 a.m., S1 failed to provide documentation that S10 completed the LDE Key Training Module 2 within 30 days of first day present in the center. S10’s first day present at the center was 11/26/2024, and the training was due on 12/26/2024. This was not corrected prior to the Specialist’s departure.”

    Rule 1719.A.-C.

  • Orientation Training

    “1719.C.: Based on record review on 4/3/2025, at 9:30 a.m., S1 failed to provide documentation that S10 completed the LDE Key Training Module 2 within 30 days of first day present in the center. S10’s first day present at the center was 11/26/2024, and the training was due on 12/26/2024. This was not corrected prior to the Specialist’s departure.”

    Rule 1719.A.-C.

Mar 18, 2025: follow Up To Compliance1 deficiency
  • Orientation Training

    The inspectors’ words, 125 words

    “1719.A.-C.: Based on record review at 1 p.m., there failed to be documentation of the required orientation trainings for the following staff: - S16 and S17 Center-specific orientation within seven calendar days of date of hire on 1/15/2025;- S10’s LDE Key Training Module 1 within seven calendar days and Module 2 within 30 days of first day present on 11/26/2024;- S21’s LDE Key Training Module 2-3 within 30 days of the first day present on 3/11/2025 and prior to assuming sole responsibility for 4, 1-year-old- children; and - S22’s LDE Key Training Module 2-3 within 30 days of the first day present on 3/12/2025 and prior to assuming sole responsibility for 6, 2-year-old- children. S21 completed the LDE Key Training Module 3 during the inspection.”

    Rule 1719.A.-C.

Feb 7, 2025: follow Up To Compliance5 deficiencies
  • Orientation Training

    The inspectors’ words, 123 words

    “1719.A.-C.: Based on record review at 10 a.m., there failed to be documentation of the following required orientation trainings for the following staff: - Center-specific orientation within seven calendar days of S16 and S17’s date of hire on 1/15/2025;- LDE Key Training Module 1 within seven calendar days of S10’s first day present 11/26/2024 and the DCFS online Mandated Reporter Training within 7 calendar days of first day S17’s first day present 1/15/2025; and - LDE Key Training Module 2 within thirty calendar days of S10’s first day present on 11/26/2024; and - LDE Key Training Modules 2-3 within thirty calendar days of S9 first day present on 11/25/2024 and S19’s first day present on 12/23/2024. This was not corrected during the inspection.”

    Rule 1719.A.-C.

  • Child Neglect and Abuse Mandatory Reporter Training

    “1727.A.B.: Based on record review at 11:30 a.m., S1 failed to maintain documentation that 2 of 13 staff, S7 and S12, completed the online child abuse and neglect Mandated Reporter Training provided by DCFS annually in 2024.”

    Rule 1727.A.-C.

  • Passenger Transportation Log

    “2103.F.: Based on record review at 1 p.m., the passenger transportation log was incomplete as it failed to include the pick up location, the time the children were released, and name of the person or entity to whom the children were released to on 12/18/2024.”

    Rule 2103.F.

  • Visual Check of Vehicle

    “2107.A.1.2.: Based on record review at 1 p.m., documentation of the childcare center’s vehicle visual check was incomplete and failed to include the time S5 conducted the vehicle’s visual passenger check on 12/18/2024, 2/3/2025, and 2/5/2025. This was not corrected during the inspection.”

    Rule 2107.A.1.&2.

  • Daily Transportation Visual Vehicle Check

    “2107.C.: Based on record review at 1 p.m., S5 failed to document the time the visual passenger check of the vehicle was completed after each trip or route, on 12/18/2024 (2 routes), 2/3/2025, and 2/5/2025.”

    Rule 2107.C.

Dec 3, 2024: compliance1 deficiency
  • Supervision

    “1713.A.B.C.: Based on record review/interview at 11 a.m., S3 failed to supervise C1 (2-years-old) at all times. On 11/4/2024, at 9:07 a.m., S3 left C1 in the classroom, unsupervised, when she brought her children to the restroom. S14 found C1 hiding in the classroom at 9:11 a.m. S3 (Date of Hire: 2/6/2024) was written an employee warning notice on 11/4/2024.”

    Rule 1713.A.&B.&C.

Oct 21, 2024: annual Inspection3 deficiencies
  • Food Allergies and Special Diets

    “1919.C.: Based on record review at 11:55 a.m., information regarding food allergies and special diets for C4, seven-years-old, C5, eight-years-old, C6, six-years-old, failed to be posted in the food preparation area. This was corrected during the inspection.”

    Rule 1919.C.

  • Evacuation Pack

    “1921.C.: Based on record review at 2 p.m., S1 failed to have a completed evacuation pack that included an emergency medical authorization for all enrolled children. This was not corrected during the inspection.”

    Rule 1921.C.

  • Parental Authorization

    “2103.A.: Based on record review at 12:10 p.m., S1 failed to obtain a signed authorization from the parent to transport children on a regular basis. 5 of 5 children’s files, C5-C10, failed to include the type of transportation (to and from school, to and from home) and the names of individuals, schools, or other entities to whom the child may be released. This was not corrected during inspection.”

    Rule 2103.A.

All 15 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Nov 12, 2025Follow Up To AnnualNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Oct 9, 2025Annual InspectionDeficiencies were cited on this date
May 23, 2025Follow Up To IncidentNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Apr 10, 2025Incident InspectionDeficiencies were cited on this date
Apr 10, 2025Incident InspectionDeficiencies were cited on this date
Mar 18, 2025Follow Up To ComplianceDeficiencies were cited on this date
Feb 7, 2025Follow Up To ComplianceDeficiencies were cited on this date
Dec 3, 2024ComplianceDeficiencies were cited on this date
Oct 21, 2024Annual InspectionDeficiencies were cited on this date
Oct 10, 2023Annual InspectionNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Jul 26, 2023IncidentDeficiencies were cited on this date
May 18, 2023Follow-Up to IncidentNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Mar 28, 2023IncidentDeficiencies were cited on this date
Dec 19, 2022IncidentDeficiencies were cited on this date
Oct 4, 2022Annual SurveyNo 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).
Source:

Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, early childhood profiles. Checked Nov 5, 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 Early Childhood Performance Rating for 2024-2025: High Proficient, with a site score of 5.55.
Source:

Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, early childhood profiles. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Providers aren’t compared with each other here: the Department’s file doesn’t grade its deficiencies by how serious they are.
Source:

Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, inspection visits. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

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Sugar ‘n Spice Broussard’s Preschool, Inc. This child care providerNot given

What the record doesn’t say

  • Each deficiency here is from the file of deficiencies the Department of Education sent in answer to a public records request, covering Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 19, 2026, as it wrote them. The file lists only deficiencies, so a visit that found none isn’t in it; the School Finder’s visits are listed below.
  • The Department’s file doesn’t grade deficiencies by how serious they are. Its statements of deficiencies, the reports themselves, open from Louisiana’s own page for this provider.
  • 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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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

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