Step By Step Early Learning And Childcare Center · Preschool, South Lake Tahoe
Step By Step Early Learning And Childcare Center is a licensed child care center in South Lake Tahoe, CA, licensed for up to 75 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 3 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #6 of 20 centers in South Lake Tahoe and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers.
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Director stated they will add behavior/incident logs to classrooms, will format behavior intervention plan templates for staff, and will amend the enrollment agreement and have all families re-sign. Director will submit documentation to LPA Marx by
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Common questions
Does Step By Step Early Learning And Childcare Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Step By Step Early Learning And Childcare Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Step By Step Early Learning And Childcare Center?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Step By Step Early Learning And Childcare Center compare with other daycares in South Lake Tahoe?
It is #6 of 20 centers in South Lake Tahoe by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Step By Step Early Learning And Childcare Center last inspected?
Jun 9, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Step By Step Early Learning And Childcare Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Step By Step Early Learning And Childcare Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in El Dorado County, which includes South Lake Tahoe, was $964 a month for preschoolers (about $1,220 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Step By Step Early Learning And Childcare Center?
The licensee is Step By Step Early Learning And Childcare Center, and the administrator listed with the state is Rahul Bahl.
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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 093624913 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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