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Shining Starz Learning Center Inc.

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77064

13403 Windfern Rd, Houston, Texas 77064. (281) 970-9657.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 5 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: Medium 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 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.

12 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 27, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

5 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: Medium 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.

Jan 15, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Transportation training

    “During the inspection the 2 transportation drivers were found to not have current transportation training.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(7)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 20, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2026.

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

    “During the inspection I obseved 1 caregiver caring for 16 children with a specified age group of 3 years. Ratio is 1:15, the caregiver was over ratio by 1.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 15, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 30, 2026.

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “During the walkthrough I observed 7 children under 2 years old watching television. This was corrected when the caregiver turned the television off.”

    Rule 746.2207(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 15, 2026.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “During review of infants 3 out of 3 infants not yet eating table food did not have current feeding instructions.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 20, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2026.

Dec 7, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees’ Attendance

    “The director attendance records were not available.”

    Rule 746.801(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 18, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 18, 2023.

8 deficiencies older than three years
Jan 25, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Required Personnel Records- Training Hours

    “Training records for a newly hired caregiver with previous daycare experience was not available for review during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.901(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 10, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 9, 2023.

Jan 25, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

    “The caregivers who provide transportation does not have the required annual 2 hours of transportation training.”

    Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 28, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 28, 2022.

  • Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

    “One caregiver had 7 of the 24 required annual training hours.”

    Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 11, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 22, 2022.

  • Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required

    “The Assistant Director did not have any of the required 30 hours of annual training.”

    Rule 746.1311(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 11, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 28, 2022.

Dec 10, 2021: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit

    “The van used to transport children on the day of the inspection was missing tweezers when the van was inspected during the visit. NOTE: This was corrected during the visit when the tweezers were added to the first aid kit before mid-day transport.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 10, 2021.

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

    “There was a 3 year old child in the infant classroom when the inspector arrived at the operation. The child was more than 18 months older than the 6 month old in the classroom. NOTE: The child was returned to her pre-k classroom immediately.”

    Rule 746.1605. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 10, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 21, 2021.

Oct 21, 2021: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Child Passenger Safety Seat System - 12 Months Through 3 Years; More Than 20 Pounds

    “Based on the information obtained during the investigation, the operation did not transport a child in the required age appropriate child safety seat when the child was transported to the public school. NOTE: As of completion of this investigation, another child safety seat has been purchased and is used to transport the child.”

    Rule 746.5607(d)(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 14, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 21, 2021.

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit

    “Based on the information found during the investigation, a first aid kit was not in the personal vehicle of the driver when a child was transported to school.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 15, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 21, 2021.

All 15 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Feb 27, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 30, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 15, 2026Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Jan 15, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Sep 9, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 29, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 16, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 23, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Dec 12, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Dec 7, 2023Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jan 25, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 25, 2022Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Dec 21, 2021InspectionNo violation found
Dec 10, 2021Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Oct 21, 2021Report to the state2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jun 22, 2015.
  • Its permit has conditions.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 157 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.
  • 3 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: 3-Star (the middle 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 2139 child care providers in Harris 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 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Ercilia Norma Pincay2
Kids ‘r’ Kids #416
Duom Pham5
Shining Starz Learning Center Inc. This child care provider5
Sunshine Kidz4
Full of Care Learning Center1
Carriage Lane Learning Center8
Gloria D. Lacson Fc., Inc. DBA., Sweet Angels Day Care8
Loc Thi Pham5
Happy Beginnings Child Care5
Starting Point Childrens Center17
Fiona Ta LeNot given

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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