Bauer School Readiness Academy
A licensed child care center in Big Spring, Texas 79720
108 NW 9th St, Big Spring, Texas 79720. (432) 267-7452.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.
- 3 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Howard County: 3.5
- 3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 9 inspections on record
- Not rated 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?
3 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 8 child care providers in Howard County had 3.5.
9 inspections on record. The latest, on Dec 15, 2025: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on May 29, 2024
Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on May 29, 2024
Rated High by Texas: Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk, at the report to the state on May 29, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
3 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited May 2024. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
May 29, 2024: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“A caregiver grabbed a child by the arm harshly, causing pain to the child’s arm.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“The operation failed to notify Child Care Regulation of an incident involving a caregiver disciplining a child harshly, within 2 days of knowing of the incident. The operation reported the incident to CCR five days after the date of the incident.”
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Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“The operation failed to notify a parent immediately of an incident involving a caregiver disciplining their child harshly. The operation staff did not notify the parent at all.”
2 deficiencies older than three years
Apr 6, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers
“An 7-month old infant was sleeping on her tummy with a bib around her neck. This was corrected at inspection when the caregiver removed the bib.”
Aug 29, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness
“This standard was evaluated and was found to be out of compliance. The operation failed to report to CCR that a staff contracted a communicable illness (COVID-19), with in two days of being notified by the staff.”
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 27, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 10, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 29, 2024 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 18, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 6, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 11, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 6, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 29, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 4, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 17, 2014.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 198 children.
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.
- 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 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?
- Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 8 child care providers in Howard County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3.5; this one had 3.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Big Spring Family YMCA | 1 |
| Bauer School Readiness Academy This child care provider | 3 |
| Howard Cottage (Howard College Child Development Center) | 2 |
| Big Spring YMCA Kids Academy | 5 |
| Jhs Texas Operations LLC DBA Jack & Jill School Child Care C | 11 |
| Lisa Hooper | Not given |
| New Hope Christian School | 4 |
| Little Learners Christian Daycare | 1 |
| Westside Community Dcc | 11 |
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 Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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