DHSS MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

LICENSE EXEMPT PROGRAM INSPECTION REPORT
Facility Information

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, INC.

000864720

(573) 472-0883

1440 ABLES RD
SIKESTON
MO  63801-3538

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, INC.



 

NICHOLSON, PENNY LYNN

semochristianacademy@gmail.com

Incorporated

TESSA SMITH

36 MONTHS - 6 YEARS

64

LICENSE EXEMPT PROGRAM

 
Inspection Information

04/02/2026

11:00 AM

11:39 AM

ANNOUNCED

ANNUAL

2510636727


DocumentDocument-Date
SANITATION INSPECTION 02/11/2026
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 03/05/2026
NOTICE OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY 08/01/2025




Inspection determined facility to be in compliance with rules.
Compliance Licensing Rules
Open Violations: 1
Attendance at Time of Inspection
Total Staff 3
Total Children 16
StaffChildClass AgeNote
1 0 NO CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE Penny Lynn Nicholson, Director
1 5 PRESCHOOL Madison Hopper, Caregiver 5 - 3 through 5 year olds
1 11 PRESCHOOL Karen Colvett, Caregiver 11 - 3 through 5 year olds

Compliance List
5 CSR 25-300.020 Application for Annual Fire Safety and Health and Sanitation Inspections and Inspection Procedures
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.040 Staffing Requirements
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.050 Health Requirements
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Medical examination reports, including TB testing, were not on file for Donna Martin as evidenced by a medical examination was not on file within 30 days of an individual beginning to work with children.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.050 Health Requirements (1) (D) . states: All caregivers working in a facility during child care hours shall be in good health. They shall have a physical assessment, including a tuberculosis status assessment by a licensed physician or registered professional nurse. A physical assessment report, signed by a licensed physician or registered professional nurse, shall be on file at the time of employment or within thirty (30) days following employment.
Correction Required
Medical/TB reports shall be on file as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-300.060 Responsibilities of Caregivers
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.070 Fire Safety Requirements
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.080 Sanitation Requirements
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.110 Admission Procedures and Required Reports and Records
Compliance
5 CSR 25-600.020 General Requirements
Compliance
5 CSR 25-600.040 Background Screening Findings
Compliance
RSMo 210.003 Immunizations of children required, when, exceptions--duties of administrator, report--notification of parents, when.
Compliance
RSMo 210.115 Reports of abuse, neglect, and under age eighteen deaths--persons required to report--supervisors and administrators not to impede reporting--deaths required to be reported to the division or child fatality review panel, when.
Compliance
RSMo 210.201. Definitions. — As used in sections 210.201 to 210.257, the following terms mean:
Compliance
RSMo 210.254 Religious organization operating facilities exempt under licensing laws required to file parental notice of responsibility and fire, safety inspections annually.
Compliance
RSMo 210.255 Religious organizations operating facility in violation, procedure - noncompliance after notice, prosecutor may act or attorney general.
Compliance
RSMo 252. Fire, safety, health and sanitation inspections, procedures - variances to rules granted when - rules authorized.
Compliance
Subsidy Requirements
Compliance