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Smile & Learn Klubhouse LLC

A licensed child care center in La Marque, Texas 77568

1023 Holly St, La Marque, Texas 77568. (409) 797-4320.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 8 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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 127 child care providers in Galveston County had 5.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 15, 2026: 3 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Sep 15, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions, at the inspection on Sep 15, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Basic Requirements for Infants - Never Unsupervised, at the inspection on Oct 21, 2025

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

8 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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.

Sep 15, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The operation does not have a current fire inspection. The most recent documented fire inspection of the operation was conducted on 2/4/2025.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 29, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 29, 2026.

  • Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions

    “The electronic child safety alarm in one of the operation’s vehicles used for transporting children was damaged by a mechanic and is currently not working. The operation has a second vehicle that is safe for transportation until the alarm is repaired.”

    Rule 746.5625(b). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 29, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 24, 2026.

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “The operation does not have a current sanitation inspection. The most recent documented sanitation inspection of the operation was conducted on 8/11/2025.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 29, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 24, 2026.

Oct 21, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Basic Requirements for Infants - Never Unsupervised

    “During the monitroing inspection, there were 3 infants observed unsupervised.”

    Rule 746.2401(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 21, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 31, 2025.

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training

    “At time of inspection, two out of the six files reviewed. One staff member had 11 hours of annual training and the second staff member had 7 hours of annual training for the 2024-2025 year.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(5)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 31, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 31, 2025.

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 30 Annual Training

    “At time of inspection, the director file was viewed. There were 4 hours of annual training for the 2024-2025 year.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(6)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 31, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 31, 2025.

  • Background Check Validation - Every 3 months each operation, other than a licensed, registered, or listed home, must validate current list

    “Operation people list has not been validated since 7-07-2025.”

    Rule 745.651(2)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 21, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 28, 2025.

Oct 29, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Background Check Validation ? Every 3 months each operation, other than a licensed, registered, or listed home, must validate current list

    “Operation last validated their people list on 7/11/2024. Note: This was corrected during inspection.”

    Rule 745.651(2)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 29, 2024.

4 deficiencies older than three years
Nov 19, 2021: inspection1 deficiency

  • Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Hazards Removed or Repaired

    “Follow up: The fence still have a hole in it. A photo was taken again of the hole. A water hose was also observed on the play yard in which children have access to. A photo was taken of that as well. I observed a hole in the back fence. A photo was taken.”

    Rule 746.4751(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 23, 2021.

Nov 8, 2021: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Safety Requirements for Play Yards - Snug Fitting Sheets

    “I observed loose sheets on all four play yards. A photos were taken of the sheets.”

    Rule 746.2411(2)(B). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 15, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 19, 2021.

  • Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Hazards Removed or Repaired

    “I observed a hole in the back fence. A photo was taken.”

    Rule 746.4751(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 15, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 23, 2021.

  • Documentation of Drills

    “None of the drills were documented with what type they were.”

    Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 15, 2021. Correction verified: Nov 19, 2021.

All 10 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 15, 2026Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Feb 17, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Feb 13, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 31, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 21, 2025Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Oct 29, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Nov 6, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Nov 7, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Nov 19, 2021Inspection1 deficiency cited
Nov 8, 2021Inspection3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 21, 2017.
  • Its permit has conditions.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 50 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.
  • 1 report 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 127 child care providers in Galveston County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 8.
Source:

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

11 of the 127 in Galveston County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Smile & Learn Klubhouse LLC This child care provider8
Aww Better Child Care Center12
Nancy’s Day Care10
Building Blocks Academy11
Kidz Paradize15
Montgomery Kiddie Academy LLC53
K.b Kids Preschool & Daycare5
Babies 2 T.o.t.s15
Anita’s Angels13
YMCA @ Laird Elementary0
Start Smart Academy # 20
Start Smart Academy #10

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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Replies

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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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