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Education Connection

A licensed child care center in Killeen, Texas 76541

1020 Trimmier Rd, Killeen, Texas 76541. (254) 526-9299.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 8 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 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?

8 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 237 child care providers in Bell County had 2.

13 inspections on record. The latest, on Apr 9, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device, at the inspection on Jun 7, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

8 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

8 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.

Mar 13, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface

    “The diaper changing mat was observed with crumbs on it. This was corrected at the inspection when the caregiver cleaned and sanitized the mat.”

    Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 13, 2026.

Mar 11, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “In the toddler classroom, the ceiling tiles were observed with dust. A hole was observed in the ceiling of the restroom. Paint was observed peeling from the ceiling of the toddler bathroom.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 17, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 4, 2026.

Aug 1, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered

    “Two of the classrooms had outlets that were missing covers. This was corrected during the inspection when the outlet covers were replaced.”

    Rule 746.3701(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 1, 2025.

Jun 7, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device

    “During the inspection it was observed that 3 infants: 6 months, 9 months, and 10 months, were sleeping in a bouncer, which is a restrictive device. All 3 infants were also sleeping with a blanket.”

    Rule 746.2426(a)(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 7, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 21, 2024.

  • Nutrition and Food Service - Drinking water available at every snack, mealtime, and during and after active play

    “During the monitoring inspection it was observed that there was a group of children playing on the playground and they didn’t have any water available to them.”

    Rule 746.3301(f)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 7, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 21, 2024.

  • Documentation of Drills

    “During the inspection it was found that the monthly fire drills were not being documented.”

    Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 7, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 21, 2024.

Jan 23, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    “During the investigation inspection it was observed that there were two spots in the hallway where the ceiling was not in good repair. There was evidence of water damage and holes in the ceiling.”

    Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 9, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 12, 2024.

Jan 22, 2024: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2023 data from January 18, 2024, revealed the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2023 by January 15, 2023, as required.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 1, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 25, 2024.

2 deficiencies older than three years
Jun 8, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “During the inspection it was observed that there was an caregiver present at the operation with direct access to the children before the operation had received notification from the CBCU that the subject of a background check was eligible to be present. Caregiver left operation while Child Care Regulation was present.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 9, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 8, 2023.

  • Active Play Surfacing In Use Zones - Loose Fill or Unitary Surfacing

    “During the monitoring inspection it was observed that there was no loose fill under the spring rockers on the playground.”

    Rule 746.4901(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 22, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 19, 2023.

All 20 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 9, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 13, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 11, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Aug 1, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 25, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 21, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 6, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 21, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 19, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Dec 6, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Dec 3, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 21, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jun 7, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Jan 26, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jan 23, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jan 22, 2024Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jun 8, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Aug 8, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Dec 20, 2021InspectionNo violation found
Dec 17, 2021Report to the stateNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 10, 2016.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 283 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.
  • 6 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 237 child care providers in Bell County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 8.
Source:

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

11 of the 237 in Bell County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
1st Thing 1st Child Development and Learning Center, LLC12
Education Connection This child care provider8
Moss Rose Head Start2
Sixta PizarroNot given
Armed Services YMCA @ Clifton Park1
Armed Services YMCA @ Killeen Elementary0
The Learning Lodge II39
Ariana’s Learning Academy2
Central Texas 4c Inc. DBA Ave C Head Start6
Nae Nae’s Nursery Station0
Cynthia ScottNot given
Kids Community Village46

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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