Licensed child care center · public record
Shining Starz Learning Center INC.
Houston, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
4 state inspections, last 2 years
13 deficiencies on the state’s summary
7 high or medium-high risk
February 27, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued June 22, 2015
- Capacity
- 157 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 06:00 AM-08:00 PM
- Accepts child care subsidies
- Yes
- Conditions on the permit
- Yes
- Corrective action listed
- No
- Adverse action listed
- No
- Temporarily closed
- No
- State operation number
- 1557503
Where
13403 Windfern Rd
Houston, TX 77064
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.
| Inspection | Risk | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| January 15, 2026 | Medium | 746.2421(b) - Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days State’s note: “During review of infants 3 out of 3 infants not yet eating table food did not have current feeding instructions.” |
| January 15, 2026 | Medium High | 746.1301(a)(7)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Transportation training State’s note: “During the inspection the 2 transportation drivers were found to not have current transportation training.” |
| January 15, 2026 | Medium High | 746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children State’s note: “During the inspection I obseved 1 caregiver caring for 16 children with a specified age group of 3 years. Ratio is 1:15, the caregiver was over ratio by 1.” |
| January 15, 2026 | Medium | 746.2207(a) - Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two State’s note: “During the walkthrough I observed 7 children under 2 years old watching television. This was corrected when the caregiver turned the television off.” |
| December 7, 2023 | Medium | 746.801(5) - Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees' Attendance State’s note: “The director attendance records were not available.” |
| January 25, 2023 | Medium | 746.901(5) - Required Personnel Records- Training Hours State’s note: “Training records for a newly hired caregiver with previous daycare experience was not available for review during the inspection.” |
| January 25, 2022 | Medium High | 746.1316(a) - Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually State’s note: “The caregivers who provide transportation does not have the required annual 2 hours of transportation training.” |
| January 25, 2022 | Medium | 746.1309(a) - Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required State’s note: “One caregiver had 7 of the 24 required annual training hours.” |
| January 25, 2022 | Medium | 746.1311(a) - Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required State’s note: “The Assistant Director did not have any of the required 30 hours of annual training.” |
| December 10, 2021 | Medium High | 746.1605 - Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age State’s note: “There was a 3 year old child in the infant classroom when the inspector arrived at the operation. The child was more than 18 months older than the 6 month old in the classroom. NOTE: The child was returned to her pre-k classroom immediately.” |
| December 10, 2021 | High | 746.5617(a)(6) - Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit State’s note: “The van used to transport children on the day of the inspection was missing tweezers when the van was inspected during the visit. NOTE: This was corrected during the visit when the tweezers were added to the first aid kit before mid-day transport.” |
| October 21, 2021 | High | 746.5607(d)(3) - Child Passenger Safety Seat System - 12 Months Through 3 Years; More Than 20 Pounds State’s note: “Based on the information obtained during the investigation, the operation did not transport a child in the required age appropriate child safety seat when the child was transported to the public school. NOTE: As of completion of this investigation, another child safety seat has been purchased and is used to transport the child.” |
| October 21, 2021 | High | 746.5617(a)(6) - Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit State’s note: “Based on the information found during the investigation, a first aid kit was not in the personal vehicle of the driver when a child was transported to school.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- February 27, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- January 30, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- January 15, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- January 15, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 9, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 29, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 16, 2024 Report · deficiency found: No
- January 23, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 12, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 7, 2023 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- January 25, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- January 25, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- December 21, 2021 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 10, 2021 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- October 21, 2021 Report · deficiency found: Yes
How many times has the state inspected Shining Starz Learning Center INC.?
Texas HHSC's file lists 4 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on February 27, 2026. 1 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Shining Starz Learning Center INC. have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 13: 3 high-risk, 4 medium-high-risk, 6 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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