K N K Development and Learning Center
A licensed child care center in San Antonio, Texas 78220
4542 E Houston St, San Antonio, Texas 78220. (210) 648-5430.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 21 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Bexar County: 5
- 4 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 16 inspections on record
- 2-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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?
21 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 768 child care providers in Bexar County had 5.
16 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 21, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Storage of Medication - Inaccessible to Children, at the inspection on Mar 25, 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 inspection on Jul 8, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Child-Care Center Must be Equipped with a Working Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection System, at the inspection on Jul 26, 2024
1 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
18 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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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.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Mar 25, 2026: inspection5 deficiencies
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Storage of Medication - Inaccessible to Children
“An EpiPen was stored in a child’s backpack, accessible to children.”
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Administering Medication - Original Container with Child’s Name, Date
“An EpiPen was not stored in it’s original container labeled with the child’s full name.”
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Required Admission Information-Child’s allergies and Completed Food Allergy Plan
“One of five children files evaluated did not have the food allergy section completed by the parent.”
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Director Annual Training - Additional required topics
“The director does not have administering medication training.”
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Written Operational Policies - Medication
“Procedures for administering medication need to be updated in the operational policies. Two children enrolled require an EpiPen to be stored at the operation.”
Feb 11, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services
“The operational policies is missing the Special Care Services information.”
Jul 8, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“A caregiver exited the classroom, leaving the children unsupervised.”
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Posting Requirements - Daily menu, including all snacks and meals served by the child care center
“Daily menus were not posted and not available for review.”
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Children’s Products- Annual Certification
“The Children’s Product Certification is not posted for staff and parents to review any products that have been recalled. Note: This was corrected at inspection when the form was posted.”
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Location of Handwashing Sink
“Soap and hand towels were not available in the restroom to wash hands. Note: This was corrected at inspection when soap and hand towels were replenished in the restroom.”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“One out of four children’s files evaluated did not have current immunization records on file.”
Jul 26, 2024: inspection7 deficiencies
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Child-Care Center Must be Equipped with a Working Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection System
“The operation did not have a carbon monoxide detector.”
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher
“Fire extinguisher located in the operation’s van was not mounted and was not inspected by the fire marshal.”
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained
“The operation’s two playgrounds did not have adequate depth of loose-fill.”
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Measurement of Use Zone for Stationary Equipment
“The use zone for rotating and rocking equipment was overlapping the use zone of other rotating and rocking equipment on two playgrounds.”
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Children’s Records - Health Statement
“Four children’s records did not contain health statements.”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“Two children’s records reviewed did not have immunizations in their record.”
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Required Admission Information - Physician Information
“Four children’s records reviewed did not have health care information for the child’s physician or an emergency-care facility.”
Nov 7, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
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Types of Vehicles Used to Transport Children - Be Maintained Safely
“The vehicle’s side door and left back door do not open.”
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Placement of Groups - Not Exceed Room Capacity
“Space computation was reviewed after inspection and found that the school age classroom holds a capacity of seven children and ten children were observed in the classroom during the inspection.”
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Notification of Change in Space
“Space computation was reviewed after inspection and found the sanctuary space being used for children was not licensed space.”
13 deficiencies older than three years
Jun 14, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers
“During inspection, an infant was observed laying in a crib with a bib around its neck. In the crib it was also observed to be a pacifier with a strap.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“During inspection, it was observed a caregiver in the toddler class grabbed a child roughly by the arm to sit them down.”
Jun 2, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“Based on the video footage on 5.30.23 in the PreK classroom the children were left numerous times unsupervised.”
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Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
“Based on the video footage on 5.30.23 a PreK caregiver was observed on their cell phone not supervising the children in the classroom.”
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Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Safe and Sanitary
“Based on the video footage on 5.30.23 a PreK caregiver was observed feeding four children out of one bowl for breakfast.”
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Written Activity Plan - No Long Waiting Periods
“Based on the video footage on 5.30.23 in the PreK classroom three toddlers were observed waiting in highchairs for longer periods of time between activities.”
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Screen Time Activities - Not Exceed One Hour Daily
“Based on the video footage on 5.30.23 in the PreK classroom the children were observed watching TV for more than an hour.”
Jun 1, 2023: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“Based on the video footage on 5.30.23 the PreK caregiver did not using good judgement when shoving children in the chairs into the tables, roughly pulling a child?’s arm and roughly taking children in and out of the highchairs.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
“Based on the video footage on 5.30.23 in the PreK classroom the caregiver was observed striking a child four times on the right arm with a ruler taken from the table while the child was in a highchair.”
Nov 16, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Required Admission Information - Date of Admission
“Several children files are missing admission date, signatures, and emergency informationwhile reviewing files during inspection.”
Dec 8, 2021: inspection3 deficiencies
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Safety - Televisions Anchored to Prevent Tip Over
“There was one television in the Pre K classroom where children were in care and the television was not secured or anchored to the shelf upon which it was sitting.”
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First Aid Kit - Incomplete Kit
“The first aid kid in the transportation van was missing the required tweezers. This was corrected at inspection when the director stocked the first aid kit with all required items.”
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Children’s Product Certification
“The Consumer Product Safety Commission form was not available for review at inspection. This was corrected at inspection when the director downloaded, signed, and posted the form.”
All 19 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 7, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 20, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 25, 2026 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 23, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 27, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Inspection | 7 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 15, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 7, 2023 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 22, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 14, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 2, 2023 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 1, 2023 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 16, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 8, 2021 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 4, 2013.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 48 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 3 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 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: 2-Star (the first of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 768 child care providers in Bexar County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 21.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| K N K Development and Learning Center This child care provider | 21 |
| Tanya’s Little Angels Christian Academy | 70 |
| Books & Bibs Childcare and Learning | 7 |
| Stephanie’s Angels Child Care Center #2 | 11 |
| Rcc Child Learning Center | 15 |
| Ej’s Kids Daycare and Learning Center LLC | 4 |
| Bright & Morning Star Christian Learning Center | 5 |
| Inspiring Great Minds Learning Academy | 1 |
| Evelyn L. King Child Development Center | 0 |
| Judy A. Freeman | Not given |
| New Kids on the Block Learning Center No. 2 | 20 |
| Crown of Life Lutheran School | 3 |
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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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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