Minnesota Quality Learning Center featured in Nick Shirley video shuts down, state says

The Minnesota time attraction infamously featured successful a YouTuber's video connected alleged fraud has closed, according to the state. 

The Quality Learning Center closed Tuesday, according to Minnesota Department of Human Services' licensing records. No crushed for the closure was given.

"Quality Learning Center requested closure of their licence and it was closed effectual Jan. 6, 2026," a Minnesota Department of Youth, Children, and Families spokesperson told Fox News. "The supplier is incapable to reopen without reapplying for a license."

The past licensing reappraisal for the installation was successful June 2025 erstwhile it was cited for respective violations, but determination was nary grounds of fraud, according to authorities records. 

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Quality Learning Center successful Minnesota was recovered astatine the halfway of an alleged childcare fraud ungraded successful the state. (Madelin Fuerste / Fox News Channel)

Fox News Digital has attempted to scope retired to the halfway but did not get an answer. 

The installation became infamous aft Nick Shierley featured the installation successful a video successful which helium visited aggregate time attraction centers that allegedly received nationalist funds but were not providing immoderate services. 

Quality Learning Center was among those targeted. When Shirley visited, the center's motion had a typo that work "Quality Learing Center," which was yet corrected.

The concern appeared inactive during Shirley's visit, contempt receiving authorities childcare assistance funds. That led to allegations that the halfway was 1 of respective participating successful a wide fraud strategy taking spot successful definite segments of Minnesota’s Somali community.

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Quality Learning Center successful Minnesota was recovered astatine the halfway of an alleged childcare fraud ungraded successful the state. The installation closed arsenic of Tuesday, according to Minnesota Department of Human Services' licensing records.  (Madelin Fuerste / Fox News Channel)

The video prompted condemnation from the Trump administration, which launched an probe into imaginable fraud astatine businesses crossed Minneapolis. 

Among the critics was Education Secretary Linda McMahon, who wrote connected X, "One fraudulent concern successful Minnesota that misspelled ‘learning’ connected its gathering received $1.9M this twelvemonth portion masquerading arsenic a daycare."

Days later, the halfway pushed backmost connected the allegations, saying it was not progressive successful immoderate wrongdoing.  

Ibrahim Ali, a antheral who identified himself arsenic a Quality Learning Center manager, denied allegations of fraud astatine the facility. 

He told Fox News that the halfway was presently unfastened astatine the clip and had ne'er closed, contradicting statements made earlier contiguous by officials with the Department of Children, Youth and Families that the halfway had closed earlier this month.

Nick Shirley upended the quality rhythm past period with a 42-minute video investigating Minnesota daycare centers that appeared inactive contempt receiving millions of dollars successful authorities funding.  (Nick Shirley)

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Ali besides said Shirley visited the installation earlier operating hours, which helium says ran from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Central Time, Monday done Thursday.

"Are you trying to grounds that we're doing fraud, oregon are you trying to enactment the Somali sanction and the fraud successful the aforesaid sentence?" helium said of Shirley. "That's what truly wounded america the past mates of days."

As for the misspelling connected the sign, Ali said a idiosyncratic hired to instal the motion incorrectly spelled "learning."