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Bright Kids Daycare & Learning Center #3

A licensed child care center in San Antonio, Texas 78233

4503 Thousand Oaks Dr, San Antonio, Texas 78233. (210) 657-9225.

Texas’s own record, on its child care search

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 22 deficiencies in 12 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?

22 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 768 child care providers in Bexar County had 5.

37 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 16, 2026: no violation found.

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 Oct 23, 2025

Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the inspection on Oct 22, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the inspection on Sep 16, 2025

3 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

22 deficiencies in 12 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

22 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 17, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

    “The play structure on the playground for younger children had less than 6 inches of loosefill and only had two and a half inches of mulch.”

    Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 1, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 16, 2026.

Mar 26, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “There were broken toys/items and trash scattered all over the big back playground.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 27, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 8, 2026.

  • Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “One out of 10 children’s files did not have an up-to-date immunization record available to review.”

    Rule 746.613(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 31, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 27, 2026.

  • Written Operational Policies - Plan for extreme weather conditions

    “The operational policy did not specify how to provide indoor physical activity during extreme weather.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18)(G). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 31, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 31, 2026.

Dec 18, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “The side back door on the big playground was not latched correctly. Allowing children to have unrestricted access.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 23, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 30, 2025.

  • Fire Extinguishers Serviced

    “The fire extinguishers were last serviced in October 2024.”

    Rule 746.5307(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 2, 2026. Correction verified: Dec 30, 2025.

Oct 23, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “It was determined that proper supervision was not being practiced when caregivers were leaving the school-age group unattended.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 10, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 17, 2025.

Oct 22, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

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

    “A person was observed coming out of a classroom that had children and they did not have a cleared background check. Corrected at inspection: The person left during the inspection.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 23, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 30, 2025.

Sep 16, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

    “It was observed that the Pre-K classroom door that leads to the playground was propped open with a chair while the children were playing outside.”

    Rule 746.1201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 14, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 16, 2025.

  • Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - Used According to Manufacturer’s Instructions

    “An infant was observed in a bouncy seat and was sitting straight up, as not permitted by the manufacturer’s instructions.”

    Rule 746.4601(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 14, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 16, 2025.

Sep 12, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

    “Based on the DFPS investigation, a caregiver left the classroom door open, which allowed a child to walk out of the classroom and leave the building.”

    Rule 746.1201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 30, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 6, 2025.

  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “Based on the DFPS investigation, a two-year-old child walked out of the operation unsupervised and was found walking down the road.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 30, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 6, 2025.

Jul 22, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - 12 or Fewer Children

    “There was one caregiver in charge of a classroom with 10 children who ranged in age. The classroom was out of ratio by 5 children.”

    Rule 746.1701. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 4, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 16, 2025.

Jun 27, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “It was observed during the investigation of the Pre-K classroom needing repairs due to water damage.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 25, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 31, 2025.

Apr 8, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The school aged playground had a broken plastic barrier, creating a sharp point on the play equipment. The playground also had tree limbs and broken play equipment in the play area.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 15, 2025. Correction verified: May 6, 2025.

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “Two of ten children’s records reviewed did not have a statement of the child’s health from a health-care professional.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 14, 2025. Correction verified: May 6, 2025.

Nov 15, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

    “On 11/14/24, the director was caring for 23 children with a specified age group of 4 years, placing the classroom over ratio by five children.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 3, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 6, 2025.

Nov 14, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Care Requirements for Pre-Kindergarten Age - Routines maintained

    “Child was sent home with feces in pants. Child was not asked if they needed to go to the restroom or checked by caregiver to see if they were clean prior to being sent home.”

    Rule 746.2601(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 3, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 6, 2025.

Oct 9, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

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

    “A staff member who had direct access to children in care did not have an eligible background check on file.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 10, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 24, 2024.

Jul 10, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

    “One of seven employee records reviewed did not have the required 24 hour of annual training.”

    Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 17, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 17, 2024.

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “One of six caregiver’s records reviewed was missing training for the previous training year in the required topics of: 1) Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, including immunizations 2) Administering medication 3) Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction 4) Understanding building and physical premises safety and 5) Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 17, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 15, 2024.

Jun 5, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Child Becomes Ill in Care - Contact Parent

    “Parent was not notified when caregiver found blisters on a child’s buttocks when being provided a diaper change in the morning. The child was later diagnosed to have Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease.”

    Rule 746.3605(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 24, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 30, 2024.

13 deficiencies older than three years
Jul 17, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required

    “The infant caregiver did not have the current SID’s and Shaken Baby Syndrome traninings renewed.”

    Rule 746.1309(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 18, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 31, 2023.

  • Mounting of Fire Extinguishers

    “There was a fire extinguisher on top of the shelf that was not mounted.”

    Rule 746.5305. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 18, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 31, 2023.

  • Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

    “Two out of seven caregivers did not have the required 24 hour clock trainings. One staff was missing eighteen hours and the other fifteen.”

    Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 31, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 31, 2023.

Oct 17, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures

    “The operations Emergency Preparedness Plan was missing specific procedures for evacuating and relocating children who are under 24 months of age, who have limited mobility, or who otherwise may need assistance in an emergency, such as children who have mental, visual, or hearing impairments.”

    Rule 746.5202(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 17, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 3, 2022.

  • Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “2 out of the 10 children’s records reviewed were missing current immunization records.”

    Rule 746.613(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 17, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 19, 2022.

May 5, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device

    “A five month old infant was sleeping on a bouncy device in the infant room. The infant was covered with a blue blanket.”

    Rule 746.2426. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 5, 2022. Correction verified: May 24, 2022.

  • AP Infants Sleep on Backs or Must Have Completed and Signed Sleep Exception Form for the Infant

    “A five month old infant was sleeping on a bouncy covered with a blue fleece blanket. The infant was not placed in their crib because he looked comfortable.”

    Rule 746.2427. High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 5, 2022.

Mar 15, 2022: assessment1 deficiency

  • Director Certificate Not Renewed

    “The operation director has not obtained their director’s renewal permit since January 16,2022.”

    Rule 746.1057. Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 25, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 29, 2022.

Feb 7, 2022: assessment1 deficiency

  • Director Certificate Not Renewed

    “The operation director has not obtained their director’s renewal permit since January 16,2022.”

    Rule 746.1057. Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 14, 2022.

Nov 18, 2021: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - No Entrapment Openings

    “The pre-school/school age play structure had two detected barriers from the supporting beam on the play equipment.”

    Rule 746.4601(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 2, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 2, 2021.

  • No Blocked or Locked Doors as Exits

    “The exit pathway for the children in the 2 and 3 year old classroom did not have a clear path. There were trash bags, sleeping mats, unrolled hose, electrical box, and mop buckets in the walk way. Note. This was corrected at inspection.”

    Rule 746.5209(c). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 18, 2021.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “Two outdoor toys were found broken in the pre-school playground. A push car and a child size patio plastic chair. Note. This was corrected at inspection.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 18, 2021.

  • Definition- What does Licensing mean by the term ?use zone??

    “There were two play toys in front of the toddler play structure slide. Note. This was corrected at inspection.”

    Rule 746.4801. Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 18, 2021.

All 56 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 16, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 17, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 2, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Apr 8, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 26, 2026Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Dec 30, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Dec 18, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Nov 17, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Nov 6, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 27, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 23, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Oct 22, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 16, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 2, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Sep 23, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Sep 16, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Sep 15, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 12, 2025Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Jul 31, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 22, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jul 18, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 15, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 30, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jun 27, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
May 6, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Apr 8, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jan 6, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Dec 12, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Dec 2, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Nov 20, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Nov 15, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Nov 14, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Oct 24, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Oct 10, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Oct 9, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Aug 7, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 26, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 19, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 10, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jun 13, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jun 5, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
May 3, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 1, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 19, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 17, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Dec 1, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Nov 18, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 17, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
May 27, 2022InspectionNo violation found
May 26, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
May 24, 2022InspectionNo violation found
May 5, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Apr 26, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 15, 2022Assessment1 deficiency cited
Feb 7, 2022Assessment1 deficiency cited
Nov 18, 2021Inspection4 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jun 5, 2018.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 101 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.
  • 17 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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

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

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 768 child care providers in Bexar County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 22.
Source:

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

11 of the 768 in Bexar County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Toepperwein Road Kindercare18
Country Home Learning Center #5, Ltd8
Live Oak Head Start13
Graciela Morgan10
The Little Engine Learning Center16
Leticia Alvarado5
Bright Kids Daycare & Learning Center #3 This child care provider22
Kids-R-Delightful, LLC11
Forest Angel’s Child Daycare3
Ilia WilliamsNot given
Ivonne A Kunz9
Little Treehouse Early Learning Center #612

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.

From the homeNone yet. Replies and paid listings aren’t open, and when they open they will sit here, below the record.

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