Joyful Learning Educational Development Center
Joyful Learning Educational Development Center is a licensed child care center in San Jose, CA, licensed for up to 100 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2025. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for background checks (1 of 3). 3 citations came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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Director to have S1 fingerprinted and associated and submit a written plan of correction to LPA by 10/16/2025. During today's inspection, LPA observed staff S1 showing an “In Process” background clearance. Director confirmed that S1 has been employed at the facility since 08/18/2025. No proof of criminal record transfer request or clearance before 08/18/2025 was provided. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety and personal rights of children in care.
Based on record review, LPA observed that child’s authorized representative was not informed of bump (insect bite) on the child that child received at the facility in a timely manner. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety and personal rights of children in care. 8 Deficiency Dismissed
Based on director and staff interviews regarding insect bites, they stated that there were several children, approximately 3 or 4 children, that were observed with bug bites during the summer months. Director failed to not submit an incident report to the Child Care Licensing Department. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety and personal rights of children in care.
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Common questions
Has Joyful Learning Educational Development Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 3 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Joyful Learning Educational Development Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
When was Joyful Learning Educational Development Center last inspected?
Jun 10, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Joyful Learning Educational Development Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Joyful Learning Educational Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes San Jose, was $1,940 a month for infants (about $2,450 today), $1,599 a month for preschoolers (about $2,020 today) and $724 a month for school-age children (about $910 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Joyful Learning Educational Development Center?
The licensee is Joyful Learning Educational Development Center, and the administrator listed with the state is Amparo Rios.
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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 434417184 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.