Licensed child care center · public record
Bright Stars Child Development Center, LLC
Kingsville, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
7 state inspections, last 2 years
30 deficiencies on the state’s summary
17 high or medium-high risk
May 1, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued January 25, 2021
- Capacity
- 22 children
- Ages served
- Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 07:00 AM-05:45 PM
- Accepts child care subsidies
- Yes
- Conditions on the permit
- No
- Corrective action listed
- No
- Adverse action listed
- No
- Temporarily closed
- No
- State operation number
- 1708458
Where
612 S 13th St
Kingsville, TX 78363
Deficiencies by risk level
The state’s own summary counts for this operation, as published in the HHSC operations file.
Citations on the record
Each standard the state found not met, newest first, with its risk level and when it was corrected. Showing the newest 25 of 30.
| Inspection | Risk | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| February 13, 2026 | Medium | 746.2421(a) - Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional State’s note: “Written feeding instructions were not available for review during inspection.” |
| February 4, 2026 | Medium High | 746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children State’s note: “Observed the following during a follow up inspection: A caregiver was supervising 6 infants ages ranging from 5 months to 17 months. Child/caregiver ratios 4:1.” |
| July 22, 2025 | Medium High | 746.201(4) - Designating Director State’s note: “Permit holder has not designated a qualified director.” |
| May 12, 2025 | Medium | 746.603(a)(4) - Children's Records - Immunizations State’s note: “The operation failed to submit two corrections for two children's files within the required time frame. This is a third re-cite.” |
| May 1, 2025 | Medium | 746.603(a)(4) - Children's Records - Immunizations State’s note: “Two out of six children did not have immunizations on file. Three out of six children did not have a health statement on file. Two out of six children did not have documentation on whether or not they had food allergies. One child mentioned above had no paperwork on file for admission. This is a re-cite.” |
| May 1, 2025 | Medium | 746.1309(a) - Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required State’s note: “One staff did not complete their 7 hours of required training. A second staff did not have their file available for review. That staff was missing 5 out of 30 annual hours. This is a re-cite.” |
| April 16, 2025 | Medium High | 746.1613(a)(2) - Naptime Child/Caregiver Ratio - Groups Not Combined Not Reduced State’s note: “Inspector observed one staff with 7 infants between the ages of 3-17 months old. There was no extra staff observed at the facility during nap time when the inspector arrived.” |
| April 16, 2025 | Medium | 746.603(a)(4) - Children's Records - Immunizations State’s note: “Two out of six children did not have immunizations on file. Three out of six children did not have a health statement on file. Two out of six children did not have documentation on whether or not they had food allergies. One child mentioned above had no paperwork on file for admission. This is a re-cite.” |
| April 16, 2025 | Medium | 746.1309(a) - Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required State’s note: “One staff did not complete their 7 hours of required training. A second staff did not have their file available for review. That staff was missing 5 out of 30 annual hours. This is a re-cite.” |
| April 16, 2025 | High | 746.2415(b) - AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age State’s note: “Inspector observed infants with blankets in cribs while infants were asleep. Two of the infants were 12 months and under. Many of the other cribs had blankets inside with no infants.” |
| April 16, 2025 | High | 746.2427 - AP Infants Sleep on Backs or Must Have Completed and Signed Sleep Exception Form for the Infant State’s note: “Inspector observed one three month old asleep on their stomach.” |
| April 16, 2025 | High | 746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control State’s note: “Inspector observed one caregiver sharing her McDonald's lunch with infant children. One child was observed eating french fries, another child was observed eating tomato.” |
| April 7, 2025 | High | 746.2426(a)(2) - Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device - Remove the infant from the device and place the infant in a crib as soon as possible State’s note: “Inspector observed two infants asleep in restrictive devices. One infant who was 8 months, was in a swing and the other infant who was 11 months was in a stationary walker. Inspector spoke to caregiver and infants were removed. At the end of inspection, inspector observed a 3 month old asleep in a swing.” |
| April 7, 2025 | Medium High | 746.1613(a)(2) - Naptime Child/Caregiver Ratio - Groups Not Combined Not Reduced State’s note: “Inspector observed one caregiver supervising two classrooms during nap time with no additional staff. Two children ages 3-4 yrs. old were in one classroom and the caregiver was in a secondary classroom with infants who were between the ages of 3-14 months old.” |
| April 7, 2025 | Medium | 746.603(a)(4) - Children's Records - Immunizations State’s note: “Five out of six children's records did not have immunizations on file.” |
| April 7, 2025 | High | 746.2415(b) - AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age State’s note: “Inspector observed one-3 month old infant in a playpen lying on back with a mobile toy. The infant was placed under the toy so the infant could play with the objects above.” |
| April 7, 2025 | Medium High | 746.5205(1) - Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes State’s note: “Staff in building #2 stated no fire drills had been conducted in at least a year. No documentation of fire drills was found for 2025. The operation also did not have documentation of severe weather and lock down drills in building #2.” |
| April 7, 2025 | Medium | 746.1309(a) - Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required State’s note: “Two out of four staff were missing annual training hours. One staff was missing all trainings in section (e) of this standard as well as 7 out of 24 annual hours. The second staff was missing 5 out of 30 annual hours. The hours missing included hazardous materials and management training.” |
| April 7, 2025 | Medium High | 746.5537(a)(1) - Electric or Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Detector-Install new Battery in Each CO Detector Annually State’s note: “The operation had one carbon monoxide that was not working in the pre-k building. The operation also had no documentation of carbon monoxide, smoke detector, or fire extinguishers being checked monthly.” |
| April 7, 2025 | Medium | 746.2417(1) - Activities for Infants - Outdoor Play Daily State’s note: “The infant's daily schedule does not indicate that infants go to play outside twice a day on a daily basis. Staff stated infants do not go outside to play. There is no infant playground located at the operation.” |
| April 7, 2025 | Medium | 746.909 - Access to Personnel Records State’s note: “Two out of four staff records were not available for review at the time of inspection.” |
| April 7, 2025 | Medium | 746.601(a) - Provide Access to Children's Records - During Hours of Operation State’s note: “Two out of six children's records did not have the required documentation available for review.” |
| April 7, 2025 | High | 746.5101(a) - Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months State’s note: “The operation's last fire inspection was dated 6/5/2023.” |
| April 14, 2023 | High | 746.2415(b) - AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age State’s note: “In the infant classroom an infant was in a play yard with a training cup toy and a blanket. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection when caregiver removed the items from the play yard.” |
| April 4, 2023 | High | 746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control State’s note: “A caregiver did not show good judgment by taping a child's shoes, so the child would not remove the shoes.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- May 1, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- April 30, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- February 13, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- February 4, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- August 4, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 22, 2025 Assessment · deficiency found: Yes
- May 12, 2025 Assessment · deficiency found: Yes
- May 1, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- April 16, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- April 7, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- October 11, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- October 9, 2024 Report · deficiency found: No
- July 11, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- May 21, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- April 17, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected Bright Stars Child Development Center, LLC?
Texas HHSC's file lists 7 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on May 1, 2026. 7 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Bright Stars Child Development Center, LLC have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 30: 9 high-risk, 8 medium-high-risk, 13 medium-risk. Each one is listed below with its date and whether it was corrected.
Is this a rating?
No. This page shows the State of Texas's own public records, summarized. It is not a rating, a review or our opinion. Ask the operation or HHSC about anything here.
About this record. Public record from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation: the operations file, the inspections file and the non-compliance file on data.texas.gov, read daily. We summarize the state’s counts and quote its words; we don’t rate, rank or review anyone. For the official record or a complaint, go to HHSC Child Care Regulation. Is this your operation, and is something wrong? Tell us.
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