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Heir Force Academy

4755 Gosford Road, Bakersfield, CA 93313 · Kern County
1 substantiated complaintChild care center (preschool)

Heir Force Academy is a licensed child care center in Bakersfield, CA, licensed for up to 75 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2007. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 3 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for background checks (1 of 3). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #97 of 122 centers in Bakersfield and better than 22% of licensed centers statewide.

Inspection record

Better than 22%of 10,948 California licensed centers, comparing weighted citations per inspection. More citations than most
Tied for #97 of 122 centers in Bakersfield
1Type A citations
2Type B citations
3Inspections
1 of 3Complaints substantiated
3 citations from 8 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Apr 14, 2026

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Apr 22, 2026 · Report/investigation · no citationApr 14, 2026 · Inspection · no citationNov 21, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationNov 15, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundNov 15, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundMay 23, 2024 · Inspection · no citationJul 28, 2022 · Inspection · citation foundJun 23, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Background checks1
Caregiver conduct1
Training & qualifications1

Citations, newest first

Type ANov 15, 2024Case management visit (incident)Background checks
Criminal record clearance §101170(e)(1)
LPA reviewed current Guardian Roster which did not show current background clearance for E1 associated to the facility. This poses an immediate risk to the health, saftety and personal rights to children in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 16, 2024
Type BNov 15, 2024Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(1)
LPA witnessing S1 speak to a child inappropriately (See report for details). 1 Director will conduct meeting with all staff together as well as one on one to remind staff of appropriate and inapproprate conduct and provide staff with regulations relating to the Personal Rights of children in care. Director will email LPA with signed meeting agenda for each staff member. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 22, 2024
Type BJul 28, 2022InspectionTraining & qualifications
Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 out of 3 staff files reviewed which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Aug 12, 2022

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedApr 22, 2026Complaint investigationreceived Mar 17, 2026
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
SubstantiatedNov 15, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Sep 24, 2024
Substantiated allegation:
Staff spoke inappropriately towards the daycare children
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Not substantiatedJun 23, 2022Complaint investigationreceived May 4, 2022
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

About this center

Licensed capacity75 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceAug 20, 2007
LicenseeKern Christian Center
AdministratorBilly J. Rash
Phone(661) 664-1066
State facility #153808357

Common questions

Does Heir Force Academy take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Heir Force Academy had any serious violations?

California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Nov 15, 2024, for criminal record clearance. Each citation is listed in full above.

Have there been complaints about Heir Force Academy?

California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

How does Heir Force Academy compare with other daycares in Bakersfield?

It is tied for #97 of 122 centers in Bakersfield by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 22% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).

When was Heir Force Academy last inspected?

Apr 14, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Heir Force Academy cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Heir Force Academy for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Kern County, which includes Bakersfield, was $837 a month for preschoolers (about $1,060 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Heir Force Academy?

The licensee is Kern Christian Center, and the administrator listed with the state is Billy J. Rash.

Licensed centers nearby

Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.

To read the full state reports, search facility number 153808357 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.