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Veritas Montessori Academy

A licensed child care center in Katy, Texas 77494

26717 Westheimer Parkway Ste 1507, Katy, Texas 77494. (832) 326-3703.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: Medium High. Every month

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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?

1 deficiency cited in the last three years

The middle of the 477 child care providers in Fort Bend County had 4.

7 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 22, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

1 deficiency 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.

Jun 26, 2026: assessment1 deficiency

  • Acceptable Loose-fill Surfacing

    “The operation playground did not have the appropriate type of loose fill surfacing. Also, the grass was observed to not be cut and weeds growing alongside the fence.”

    Rule 746.4905. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 3, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 30, 2026.

10 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 14, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for

    “A caregiver did not know the correct number of children they were responsible for.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 14, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 3, 2023.

  • Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children

    “Bug spray and insect repellant was observed on a table in the outdoor play area.”

    Rule 746.3407(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 14, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 3, 2023.

  • Liability Insurance Requirements - Provide Proof of Coverage Annually by Anniversary Date of Issuance

    “Operation did not have updated liability insurance.”

    Rule 746.203(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 22, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 19, 2023.

  • Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements

    “A caregiver did not have documentation showing how they met the minimum age and education qualifications.”

    Rule 746.901(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 21, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 19, 2023.

Sep 14, 2022: inspection6 deficiencies

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

    “Emergency medical treatment authorization is not on record for one child.”

    Rule 746.605(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 16, 2022.

  • Requirements for Swings - Not Attached to a Composite Structure

    “The playground contains two swings attached to a composite play structure.”

    Rule 746.4701(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 3, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 27, 2022.

  • Measurement of Use Zone for Slides - No Overlap

    “A slide exit is overlapping the use zone of a nearby play structure on the playground.”

    Rule 746.4805(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 3, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 27, 2022.

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

    “The loose fill measure less than three inches in the use zones of climbing play structures.”

    Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 3, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 27, 2022.

  • Inspect Fire Extinguishers Monthly

    “Fire extinguisher checks have not been completed by the operation in 2022. Note: the fire extinguisher was last serviced February 2022. The director was prompted to complete the check at inspection.”

    Rule 746.5307(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 14, 2022.

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “The operational policies are lacking a physical activity policy.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 28, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 16, 2022.

All 8 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 22, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 30, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 26, 2026Assessment1 deficiency cited
May 7, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 10, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Oct 3, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Sep 14, 2023Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Sep 14, 2022Inspection6 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 3, 2019.
  • Temporarily closed.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten.
  • Capacity: 30 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.
  • 0 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 star-rated in Texas Rising Star (TWC’s code: ELD).
Source:

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

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 477 child care providers in Fort Bend County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 1.
Source:

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

12 of the 477 in Fort Bend County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Veritas Montessori Academy This child care provider1
Primrose School of West Cinco Ranch4
YMCA Afterschool @ Shafer Elementary0
YMCA Afterschool @ Wolman Elementary1
YMCA Afterschool @ Wilson Elementary1
Life Time Fitness Camp3
Katy’s Early Childhood Enrichment Center7
Ivy Kids Early Learning Center - Cinco Ranch3
British Private Prep School at Firethorne7
Bob Hosack5
YMCA Afterschool @ Davidson Elementary0
First Step Holdings Inc. DBA Discovery Schoolhouse5
Safari Kids Learning Center18

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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