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Smartie Pants Academy Center

A licensed child care center in Katy, Texas 77449

18855 W Little York Rd Ste 200, Katy, Texas 77449. (832) 906-6571.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 9 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited May 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?

9 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.

12 inspections on record. The latest, on May 14, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Jul 8, 2025

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

9 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.

May 14, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Inspect Fire Extinguishers Monthly

    “Monthly fire extinguisher checks were not performed as required. The fire extinguishers located in the pre-k room and at the front desk were found to be out of service.”

    Rule 746.5307(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 28, 2026. Correction verified: May 28, 2026.

Jul 8, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

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

    “During the inspection, the annual fire inspection report was not available for review. The current one expired on 06/05/2025.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 28, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 25, 2025.

Oct 10, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

    “One caregiver’s file lacked the pediatric and CPR first aid card in file.”

    Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 17, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 10, 2024.

Jul 11, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Fenced Outdoor Activity Space -Gates Locked

    “The fence gate had a padlock, and the fence gate area had a material that was fastened to the other side of the fence gate. The fence gate would not open. This was corrected at the inspection when the director cut off the material after removing the padlock.”

    Rule 746.4309. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 11, 2024.

Jun 10, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Hazards Removed or Repaired

    “The fence on the playground was leaning. The posts on the bottom were broken.”

    Rule 746.4751(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 17, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 11, 2024.

  • Individual Cot, Bed, or Mat for Each Walking Child Through 4 Years of Age

    “The play yards in the pre-k classroom were torn. This was corrected when the play yards were removed from use.”

    Rule 746.4503(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 10, 2024.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “One child’s immunization record was missing page 1 of 3; therefore, the immunization record was incomplete.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 24, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 18, 2024.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Vehicles

    “The documentation and equipment related to transportation were not available for review during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.801(21). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 17, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 18, 2024.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Playground Maintenance Records

    “The playground maintenance checklist were not available for review.”

    Rule 746.801(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 17, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 18, 2024.

9 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 26, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

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

    “A caregiver on the employee list and present did not have the background check submitted. This was corrected at the inspection when the owner submitted it.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 26, 2023.

Jun 26, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies

  • Background Check Validation - You must inactivate a subject who is no longer associated with your operation within 7 days of leaving

    “Two individuals listed active on the background check were no longer associated with the operaton for more than the 7 days.”

    Rule 745.651(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 30, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 12, 2023.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “One child’s record lacked the updated immunization record for the age.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 10, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 12, 2023.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records

    “The personnel’s training records were not available at the center for review.”

    Rule 746.801(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 3, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 12, 2023.

  • Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements

    “One caregiver records did not have the educational requirements on file.”

    Rule 746.901(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 3, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 12, 2023.

  • Required Personnel Records-signed dated statement that employee received child care center’s operational policies

    “One caergiver’s file lacked the acknowledgment form to be filled out and signed .”

    Rule 746.901(6)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 3, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 12, 2023.

Jul 29, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records

    “The personnel training records were not available for review.”

    Rule 746.801(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 3, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 1, 2022.

Jun 30, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “The operational policies did not include a policy on promotion of physical activity.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 14, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 14, 2022.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records

    “The personnel training records were not available for review.”

    Rule 746.801(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 14, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 29, 2022.

All 15 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 14, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 24, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 8, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 23, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 2, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 10, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 11, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 10, 2024Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Oct 26, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 12, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jun 26, 2023Inspection5 deficiencies cited
Jul 29, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 30, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jun 23, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 25, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jun 20, 2018.
  • Its permit has conditions.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 76 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.
  • 3 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: 3-Star (the middle 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 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 9.
Source:

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

12 of the 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Smartie Pants Academy Center This child care provider9
Texas Kids Learning Center4
Mary Morales Child Care Home7
Ha Le0
Bertha Valdes3
Holy Covenant Cdc0
Wendy Mazariego3
Kathleen Dufour0
Kinder Shine Academy12
Texas Kids Childcare19
Rayshell ButlerNot given
Golbow Elementary YMCA0
Svitlana ZievakinaNot given

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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