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Stepping Stone School XIV

Austin, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.

26 state inspections, last 2 years
62 deficiencies on the state’s summary
49 high or medium-high risk
October 28, 2026 most recent inspection

The operation

Type
Licensed child care center
State permit
Full Permit, issued February 4, 2004
Capacity
263 children
Ages served
Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:30 AM-06:15 PM
Accepts child care subsidies
No
Conditions on the permit
No
Corrective action listed
No
Adverse action listed
No
Temporarily closed
No
State operation number
830699- 1967

Where

9405 Brodie Ln
Austin, TX 78748

Deficiencies by risk level

  • High 28
  • Medium-high 21
  • Medium 13
  • Medium-low 0
  • Low 0

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 62.

InspectionRiskStandardCorrected
June 17, 2026High745.641 - AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
State’s note: “There was an employee that was present that had a pending background check. Note: This was corrected at inspection with the employee became active, and received their eligibility letter during the inspection.”
June 17, 2026
June 2, 2026High746.1205(a)(2) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
State’s note: “There were two caregivers that did not know the correct number of children that were in their care. This was corrected at inspection when the caregivers were asked again how many children they had in care, and they knew the correct number. The caregivers were retained on the spot how important it is to know how many children they have in their care.”
June 2, 2026
July 2, 2025Medium745.651(1) - Background Check Validation - You must inactivate a subject who is no longer associated with your operation within 7 days of leaving
State’s note: “A caregiver who departed the operation more than 7 days ago still had an active background check at the time of inspection. This was corrected at inspection when the caregiver's background check was inactivated.”
At the inspection
April 29, 2025Medium High746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
State’s note: “A group with a specified age of 18-23 months had 10 children present with one caregiver. This was corrected at inspection when the specified age group was discussed with caregivers and the director and an additional staff member was added to the classroom.”
At the inspection
April 4, 2025High746.2427(a) - AP Must Place Infants in Face up Sleeping Position or Must Have Completed and Signed Sleep Exception Form for the Infant
State’s note: “An infant was observed to be asleep in a bouncer seat and was not placed on their back to sleep for several minutes.”
April 4, 2025
April 4, 2025High745.635(3) - AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions
State’s note: “It was learned during multiple interviews that the operation is not following the conditions on a staff member's background check at all times.”
April 4, 2025
April 1, 2025High746.1205(a)(2) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
State’s note: “During the second walk-through at the operation, one caregiver stated there were 13 children present in their group. After counting the group it was found that there were 11 children present. This was corrected when the caregiver counted the group again.”
At the inspection
April 1, 2025Medium High746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
State’s note: “During the first walk-through at the operation, three rooms were over the child to caregiver ratios allowed for their specified age groups.”
April 4, 2025
April 1, 2025High746.1003(1) - Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance
State’s note: “During the investigation inspection, the operation was found to be in violation of several high weighted Minimum Standards.”
April 4, 2025
April 1, 2025High745.8411(a) - Responsibilities - Not interfere with an inspection or investigation
State’s note: “While conducting an investigation inspection at the operation, it was learned that a member of the administrative staff discouraged some caregivers from answering the Child Care Regulation inspector's questions related to the allegation.”
April 4, 2025
February 7, 2025High745.635(3) - AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions
State’s note: “The operation was not following conditions on a staff member's background check that stated their background check must be run under every operation at which they are present and not just under the main location. This was corrected at inspection when the background check was run under this operation.”
At the inspection
February 7, 2025High746.2426(a)(1) - Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device
State’s note: “An infant was asleep in a bouncer seat with unbuckled straps. This was corrected at inspection when the infant was removed from the bouncer seat.”
At the inspection
February 7, 2025Medium746.401(2) - Posting Requirements - Letter or form from the most recent Licensing Inspection or Investigation
State’s note: “The most reccent inspection form was not posted at the operation.”
February 7, 2025
February 6, 2025Medium High746.1605(1) - Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
State’s note: “In a group of 12 children with two caregivers, the youngest child was 6 months old and the oldest child was 2 years and 4 months old. At the time, more than 13 children were in care at the operation. This was corrected at inspection when the older children were taken to another classroom.”
At the inspection
February 6, 2025Medium High746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
State’s note: “One classroom had 5 infants present with one caregiver. This was corrected at inspection when one infant was moved to another classroom.”
At the inspection
February 6, 2025Medium High746.1205(a)(3) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children's names and ages
State’s note: “One caregiver did not know the name of a child in their group. Another caregiver was unable to provide Child Care Regulation with the ages of the children in their group. These were corrected at inspection when the caregivers obtained a tablet containing the information and reviewed it.”
At the inspection
February 6, 2025Medium High746.1609 - Maximum Group Size 13 or More Children
State’s note: “A combined group of three classes with a specified age of 3 years had 32 children present on the playground when it was past time for one of the groups to return inside per their daily schedule. This was corrected at inspection when one group returned to their classroom.”
At the inspection
February 6, 2025High746.1205(a)(2) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
State’s note: “Three caregivers did not know the correct number of children they were responsible for. One caregiver stated 7 children were present when there were 9, another caregiver stated 17 children were present when there were 20, and a third caregiver stated 25 children were present when there were 24. This was corrected at inspection when the caregivers did a head …”
At the inspection
December 17, 2024Medium High746.3001(1) - Field Trips - Signed Permission
State’s note: “A child was transported on a field trip without a signed permission form.”
December 20, 2024
December 17, 2024Medium746.707 - Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
State’s note: “The incident report was not given to or signed by the child's parent within 48 hours of when the incident occurred.”
December 20, 2024
December 17, 2024High746.1003(1) - Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance
State’s note: “The director stated she was unaware of the timelines for reporting incidences to CCR and for filling out incident reports.”
January 3, 2025
December 17, 2024High746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
State’s note: “The operation did not make the required self-report to Child Care Regulation within two days of the incident occurring.”
December 20, 2024
December 17, 2024Medium745.651(1) - Background Check Validation - You must inactivate a subject who is no longer associated with your operation within 7 days of leaving
State’s note: “The background check for a caregiver who departed from the operation on 12/17/2024 was still active as of 1/3/2025.”
January 3, 2025
April 1, 2024Medium High746.1607 - Child/Caregiver Ratio - 2 Caregivers
State’s note: “There was a four year old child laying on a nap mat in the infant room. There were also 10 infants in the room, so the two caregivers were out of ratio with 11 children.”
April 1, 2024
March 29, 2024Medium746.707 - Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
State’s note: “The provider did not create an incident report after a child was left unsupervised for about 5 minutes.”
April 3, 2024

Recent inspections and visits

How many times has the state inspected Stepping Stone School XIV?

Texas HHSC's file lists 26 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on October 28, 2026. 9 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.

Does Stepping Stone School XIV have deficiencies on its record?

The state's summary for this operation lists 62: 28 high-risk, 21 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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