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Kids of the Kingdom

A licensed child care center in San Marcos, Texas 78666

130 W Holland St, San Marcos, Texas 78666. (512) 353-5437.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.

The last 24 months 12 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean5
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Texas’s risk levels
Texas gives each child care deficiency a risk level, by how likely it is to harm a child: Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High or High. High is its most serious. Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

12 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 124 child care providers in Hays County had 2.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 29, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Rated High by Texas: No Swaddling of Infant Unless Completed Sleep Exception Form on File, at the inspection on Feb 23, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the report to the state on Feb 21, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on Feb 21, 2026

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

12 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

12 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each deficiency, in Texas’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Sep 29, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “One child’s immunization record was not up to date.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 9, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 1, 2026.

Feb 23, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • No Swaddling of Infant Unless Completed Sleep Exception Form on File

    “An infant was asleep in their crib wearing a wearable swaddle. This was corrected at the inspection when the swaddle was removed.”

    Rule 746.2428. High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 23, 2026.

Feb 21, 2026: report to the state3 deficiencies

  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “The investigation found that a toddler was left unsupervised on the playground for a few minutes.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 9, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 23, 2026.

  • Report Situation Placing Children at Risk

    “The operation did not report an incident the placed a child at risk to Child Care Regulation within the required 2 day timeframe.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 9, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2026.

  • Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent

    “The operation did not have the parent sign a required incident report until a week after the incident occurred.”

    Rule 746.707. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 9, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2026.

Dec 17, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “The annual health inspection was due on October 2024 and has not been completed.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 10, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 7, 2025.

Feb 2, 2024: inspection6 deficiencies

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “Four caregivers are missing the required training for food allergies.”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 29, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2024.

  • Liability Insurance Requirements - Provide Proof of Coverage Annually by Anniversary Date of Issuance

    “The operation’s liability insurance expired in September 2023.”

    Rule 746.203(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 29, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2024.

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “The operational policies are missing required sections for infant safe sleep, immunization requirements, promotion of indoor and outdoor active play, reviewing Minimum Standards, contact information for Child Care Regulation and DFPS, employee vaccinations, inclusive services, and a gang-free zone.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 29, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 4, 2024.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “Four children records are missing updated immunization records.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 29, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2024.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records

    “Four caregivers trainings were not available for review.”

    Rule 746.801(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2024. Correction verified: May 9, 2024.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Playground Maintenance Records

    “The operation did not a completed playground maintenance checklist available for review.”

    Rule 746.801(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 29, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2024.

All 11 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 29, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 23, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Feb 23, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 21, 2026Report to the state3 deficiencies cited
Feb 19, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Nov 4, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Dec 17, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 4, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 2, 2024Inspection6 deficiencies cited
Feb 23, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Apr 21, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 12, 1989.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 119 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

  • No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
  • 2 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

  • Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.

Who owns it?

  • Texas’s open data doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

  • Texas Rising Star: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 124 child care providers in Hays County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 12.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 124 in Hays County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Kids of the Kingdom This child care provider12
Little Lambs Learning Center5
Smcisd Child Development Center4
Blanca GonzalezNot given
First United Methodist Day School and Afterschool3
A. Washington Child Development Center1
Blanco Vista Eac YMCA0
Paloma Montessori School4
First Step Inc.1
William Crook Child Development Center1
Wonderland School Day Care11
Giggle and Grow San Marcos15

What the record doesn’t say

  • Texas doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated.
  • Texas rates some paperwork slips as High risk, so read what was actually cited.
  • Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.

Sources

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Oct 24, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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