The Prep School of Bee Cave
A licensed child care center in Austin, Texas 78738
14001 Bee Cave Pkwy, Austin, Texas 78738. (512) 790-7737.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.
- 13 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Travis County: 3
- 10 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 25 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?
13 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 624 child care providers in Travis County had 3.
25 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 2, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.
Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the report to the state on Jul 9, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual, at the report to the state on Apr 15, 2026
Rated High by Texas: AP Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - No Child Unattended, at the report to the state on Nov 22, 2025
7 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
13 deficiencies in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 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 | Nov |
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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 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Sep 2, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times
“Two classrooms were observed to be utilizing unscheduled screen time during transition from outdoor play to lunch as a resting period. The teachers corrected this after it was addressed by adminstartive staff by continuing to follow schedule.”
Jul 9, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“A child was left unsupervised in a classroom without the teacher’s knowldge.”
Apr 15, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
“Based on the evidence gathered during the investigation, it was determined a caregiver abruptly moved a nap cot while a child was on it.”
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Care Requirements for Pre-Kindergarten Age - Individual Attention
“The investigation found that a caregiver was redirecting a child and the child tripped, and the caregiver did not console the child afterwards.”
Nov 22, 2025: report to the state3 deficiencies
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AP Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - No Child Unattended
“A child was left unsupervised on the bus.”
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Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions
“During the DFPS investigation, it was determined that the bus alarm sometimes malfunctions.”
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Electronic Child Safety Alarm - Driver or designated employee conduct walk-through and visual check of vehicle
“A walk-through of the bus was not completed after the children unloaded. Children often disable the bus alarm at the back door of the bus.”
Sep 19, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegations and found to be deficient. A name to face account of the children was not completed by the caregiver before returning inside and closing the door and this resulted in a child being left unsupervised.”
Jun 16, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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People Whose Behavior/Health Threatens Children Not Present
“The director did not intervene to prevent potential risk to children when there were previous concerns about a caregiver possessing vape products on site.”
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No Smoking or Use of Tobacco Including E-Cigarettes or Vaporizers
“A caregiver staff had a vape pen and other paraphernalia on property while children were present.”
Jan 17, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
“A caregiver provided a child with food containing egg products, despite a known and serious allergy. CI: This was corrected and resolved when the operation had a food allergy emergency plan signed by the child’s parent within his file and as well in his classroom. Also the director clarified that caregivers would not distribute food, and the kitchen manager would provide appropriate alternative snacks for children with known allergies.”
Nov 20, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
“When disciplining, a caregiver responded inappropriately by biting a child back after being bitten by the child. The caregivers bite resulted in a swollen black and blue mark on the child’s forearm.”
Nov 18, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
“Based on the evidence gathered during the DFPS investigation, it was determined that Physical Abuse was Reason to Believe.”
All 36 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 22, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 9, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 21, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 13, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 22, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 15, 2026 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 15, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 22, 2025 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 31, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 17, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 14, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 5, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 22, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 18, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 23, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 25, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 27, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 2, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 18, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 15, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 28, 2018.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 263 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 11 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 31, 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 Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 624 child care providers in Travis County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 13.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| International School of Texas | 8 |
| Lupine Lane | 0 |
| Lake Travis Isd Child Development Center at Lpe | 2 |
| Primrose School of Bee Cave | 3 |
| The Goddard School | 5 |
| My Time Kids Gym | 0 |
| The Prep School of Bee Cave This child care provider | 13 |
| Learn and Laugh Preschool | 37 |
| Hill Country Indoor, LP | 0 |
| Kiddie Academy of Bee Cave | 3 |
| Kla Schools of Sweetwater | 6 |
| Illuminate Montessori at Bee Cave | 4 |
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 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 Nov 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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