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The Learning Express Center LLC #1

A licensed child care center in Del Rio, Texas 78840

101 W Ney St, Del Rio, Texas 78840. (830) 774-2250.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.

The last 24 months 4 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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?

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 18 child care providers in Val Verde County had 8.

15 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 23, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

4 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

4 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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 Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 9, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Fire Extinguishers Serviced

    “Three fire extinguishers were last serviced MAY 2025.”

    Rule 746.5307(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 15, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 11, 2026.

Nov 21, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Not expired or damaged in accident

    “The opertaion had 5 booster seats that were expired. This was corrected at inspection when the director removed these carseats from vans they used.”

    Rule 746.5607(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 21, 2024.

  • Written Operational Policies - Procedures parents access minimum standards online, TX A/N hotline, and HHSC website

    “The operation did not have instructions on how parents may access minimum standards online in their operational policy.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(23). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 22, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 22, 2024.

Apr 5, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    “3 of 6 childrens files were lacking required immunizations in file.”

    Rule 746.613(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 17, 2024.

16 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 27, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Director’s Absence - Caregiver in Charge Knows in Charge

    “The person left in charge did not come forward when asked who was in charge while the director was out.”

    Rule 746.1013(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 27, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 27, 2023.

  • Adequate Lighting During Naptime

    “The infant classroom was dark to the point you could not see the children in care.”

    Rule 746.2911. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 27, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 27, 2023.

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

    “The center does not have 6 inches of loose fill in the playground with the play structure.”

    Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 23, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 27, 2023.

  • Written Operational Policies - Criteria for Extreme Weather

    “The operational policy lacks the criteria the center will use to define extreme weather.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18)(F). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 2, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 27, 2023.

  • Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services

    “The operational policy lacks the criteria the center will use to meet the special need requirements.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(30). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 2, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 27, 2023.

Feb 28, 2023: report to the state4 deficiencies

  • Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance

    “The parent notified the center that the child had a tendency to run away, and the director did not ensure there was a plan in place or sufficient staff to meet the special supervision requirements for the child.”

    Rule 746.1003(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 25, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 28, 2023.

  • AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited

    “A caregiver neglected to account for all the children prior to leaving the playground and left a child unsupervised. The child was unsupervised for approximately 17 minutes, during which time the child left the playground. The child was found by people passing the center.”

    Rule 746.1201(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 25, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 28, 2023.

  • 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 the playground for approximately 17 minutes. During this time, the child left the playground and was found walking away from the center.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 26, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 28, 2023.

  • Provide care consistent with child’s habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs

    “The center failed to meet the special supervision needs of the child because the parent notified the center that the child was known to run away.”

    Rule 746.1203(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 25, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 28, 2023.

Nov 14, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - Securely Anchored

    “The stationary teeter toter was not anchored properly.”

    Rule 746.4601(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 21, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 21, 2022.

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

    “The stationary bouncing teeter totter was not installed over surfacing.”

    Rule 746.4901(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 21, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 21, 2022.

Aug 17, 2022: inspection5 deficiencies

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

    “Five out of five caregivers trainings reviewed had last taken the SIDS/Shaken Baby/Child Brain Development training on 05/22/2021.”

    Rule 746.1309(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 24, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 24, 2022.

  • Documented Annual Training - 1 hour in Prevention, Recognition and Reporting of child maltreatment

    “Five out of five caregivers training reviewed had last taken the abuse and neglect training on 05/22/21.”

    Rule 746.1309(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 24, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 24, 2022.

  • Documented Annual Training- Required Content

    “Five out of five caregivers files reviewed had last taken the required training on 07/12/21.”

    Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 24, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 24, 2022.

  • Required Postings-Licensing notices with instructions to post

    “The permit renewal letter was not posted.”

    Rule 746.401(11). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 17, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 19, 2022.

  • Posting Requirements - Letter or form from the most recent Licensing Inspection or Investigation

    “The investigation letter provided on 07/27 was not posted.”

    Rule 746.401(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 17, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 17, 2022.

All 20 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 23, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 17, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 9, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 21, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Nov 21, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Apr 6, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 5, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 11, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Mar 7, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 27, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Sep 27, 2023Inspection5 deficiencies cited
May 3, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Apr 28, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Feb 28, 2023Report to the state4 deficiencies cited
Nov 16, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Nov 14, 2022Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Nov 9, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 17, 2022Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Jun 10, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jun 1, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued May 1, 2018.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 62 children.
Source:

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.
  • 5 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 18 child care providers in Val Verde County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 8; this one had 4.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 18 in Val Verde County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Creative Learning Educational Childcare4
J.d.’s Academy3
Kids Zone Preschool & Youth Center, LLC19
Wonderland Daycare Center, Inc.10
Wonderland Daycare Center, Inc. #212
The Learning Express Center LLC #1 This child care provider4
Mimi’s Learning Center2
Kid’s Playhouse Child Care and Learning Center9
Sunnyside Childcare & Academy LLC15
Kids R Kids Daycare11
Emmazing Kids Childcare & Learning Center9
Bright Beginnings Daycare2

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 2, 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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