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First Step Holdings Inc. DBA Discovery Schoolhouse

A licensed child care center in Katy, Texas 77494

4900 Falcon Landing Blvd, Katy, Texas 77494. (281) 698-7234.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 5 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2025. 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?

5 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 477 child care providers in Fort Bend County had 4.

22 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 21, 2026: outcome pending.

Rated High by Texas: Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit, at the inspection on Dec 6, 2023

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

5 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

5 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Oct 27, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

  • First Aid Kit - Supplies Not Expired

    “The first aid kit cabinet was review. Four items were found to be expired since 2024.”

    Rule 746.4003(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2025.

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “The operation has not complete their annual children product certification since year of 2024.”

    Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 3, 2025.

  • Provide Parents With Copy of Policies

    “A total of ten children files were review; Ten out of ten children files were missing the parental right form 2987 in their respective folders.”

    Rule 746.503. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 6, 2025.

Dec 5, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Sheltering Drill For Severe Weather-Four times a calendar year

    “Operation failed to conduct 4 severe weather drills for a calendar year. The last drill was conducted in January 2024.”

    Rule 746.5205(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 12, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 19, 2024.

Dec 6, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit

    “1 of 4 vans observed was missing multiple items in their first aid kit. ** Director gathered and placed missing items into the kit during the inspection. **”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2023.

8 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 5, 2023: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Children Not Required to Sleep - May Not Confine in a Restrictive Device

    “The caregiver placed a 16 month-old child that refused to sleep in a restrictive device.”

    Rule 746.2905(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 6, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 24, 2023.

  • Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries

    “A parent was not notified of a bruise their child sustained while in care.”

    Rule 746.307(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 22, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 21, 2023.

Dec 9, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Nine Inches if Equipment Greater Than 5 Ft.

    “The mulch on the large playground was not at the proper depth of 9 inches. The mulch was gathered under the bottom of the plsy structure.”

    Rule 746.4907(a)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 6, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 22, 2023.

Aug 15, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “A health inspection was last completed on 08.05.21.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 5, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 25, 2022.

Jun 2, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children

    “An eight year old child was observed in a classroom unsupervised at inspection.”

    Rule 746.1203(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 2, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 15, 2022.

May 23, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Operation Open to Parents At All Times

    “Parents are not entering the operation as a covid precaution. Note: directo/ownerr stated parents will resume drop off/pick up within the facility on 06.06.22.”

    Rule 746.201(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 2, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 15, 2022.

Apr 10, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children

    “A two year old child was left unsupervised on the playground for less than five minutes.”

    Rule 746.1203(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 29, 2022. Correction verified: May 11, 2022.

Mar 2, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children

    “A 16 month old was left unattended on the playground for a few minutes.”

    Rule 746.1203(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 3, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 10, 2022.

All 31 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 21, 2026InspectionOutcome pending
Oct 27, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Sep 9, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 25, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Dec 5, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 8, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 28, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Feb 21, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 16, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Dec 15, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Dec 6, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 24, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 11, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 5, 2023Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Jul 28, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 27, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jul 14, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 30, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jun 16, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Dec 9, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Aug 15, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 15, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jun 2, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 23, 2022Report to the state1 deficiency cited
May 11, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Apr 12, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Apr 10, 2022Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Mar 10, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Mar 3, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Mar 2, 2022Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Nov 10, 2021InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Sep 29, 2014.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 219 children.
Source:

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.
  • 9 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

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

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 477 child care providers in Fort Bend County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 5.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 477 in Fort Bend County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Primrose School of West Cinco Ranch4
YMCA Afterschool @ Shafer Elementary0
YMCA Afterschool @ Wolman Elementary1
YMCA Afterschool @ Wilson Elementary1
Life Time Fitness Camp3
Katy’s Early Childhood Enrichment Center7
Ivy Kids Early Learning Center - Cinco Ranch3
British Private Prep School at Firethorne7
Bob Hosack5
YMCA Afterschool @ Davidson Elementary0
First Step Holdings Inc. DBA Discovery Schoolhouse This child care provider5
Safari Kids Learning Center18

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 Nov 5, 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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