Bright Stars Child Development Center, LLC
A licensed child care center in Kingsville, Texas 78363
612 S 13th St, Kingsville, Texas 78363. (361) 595-3003.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.
- 23 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Kleberg County: 1
- 6 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 24 inspections on record
- 3-Star 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?
23 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 19 child care providers in Kleberg County had 1.
24 inspections on record. The latest, on May 1, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the inspection on Apr 16, 2025
Rated High by Texas: AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age, at the inspection on Apr 16, 2025
Rated High by Texas: AP Infants Sleep on Backs or Must Have Completed and Signed Sleep Exception Form for the Infant, at the inspection on Apr 16, 2025
3 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
23 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 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 |
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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.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Feb 13, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional
“Written feeding instructions were not available for review during inspection.”
Feb 4, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“Observed the following during a follow up inspection: A caregiver was supervising 6 infants ages ranging from 5 months to 17 months. Child/caregiver ratios 4:1.”
Jul 22, 2025: assessment1 deficiency
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Designating Director
“Permit holder has not designated a qualified director.”
May 12, 2025: assessment1 deficiency
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“The operation failed to submit two corrections for two children’s files within the required time frame. This is a third re-cite.”
May 1, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
“One staff did not complete their 7 hours of required training. A second staff did not have their file available for review. That staff was missing 5 out of 30 annual hours. This is a re-cite.”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“Two out of six children did not have immunizations on file. Three out of six children did not have a health statement on file. Two out of six children did not have documentation on whether or not they had food allergies. One child mentioned above had no paperwork on file for admission. This is a re-cite.”
Apr 16, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“Inspector observed one caregiver sharing her McDonald’s lunch with infant children. One child was observed eating french fries, another child was observed eating tomato.”
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AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age
“Inspector observed infants with blankets in cribs while infants were asleep. Two of the infants were 12 months and under. Many of the other cribs had blankets inside with no infants.”
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AP Infants Sleep on Backs or Must Have Completed and Signed Sleep Exception Form for the Infant
“Inspector observed one three month old asleep on their stomach.”
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Naptime Child/Caregiver Ratio - Groups Not Combined Not Reduced
“Inspector observed one staff with 7 infants between the ages of 3-17 months old. There was no extra staff observed at the facility during nap time when the inspector arrived.”
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Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
“One staff did not complete their 7 hours of required training. A second staff did not have their file available for review. That staff was missing 5 out of 30 annual hours. This is a re-cite.”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“Two out of six children did not have immunizations on file. Three out of six children did not have a health statement on file. Two out of six children did not have documentation on whether or not they had food allergies. One child mentioned above had no paperwork on file for admission. This is a re-cite.”
Apr 7, 2025: inspection11 deficiencies
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AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age
“Inspector observed one-3 month old infant in a playpen lying on back with a mobile toy. The infant was placed under the toy so the infant could play with the objects above.”
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Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device - Remove the infant from the device and place the infant in a crib as soon as possible
“Inspector observed two infants asleep in restrictive devices. One infant who was 8 months, was in a swing and the other infant who was 11 months was in a stationary walker. Inspector spoke to caregiver and infants were removed. At the end of inspection, inspector observed a 3 month old asleep in a swing.”
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The operation’s last fire inspection was dated 6/5/2023.”
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Naptime Child/Caregiver Ratio - Groups Not Combined Not Reduced
“Inspector observed one caregiver supervising two classrooms during nap time with no additional staff. Two children ages 3-4 yrs. old were in one classroom and the caregiver was in a secondary classroom with infants who were between the ages of 3-14 months old.”
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“Staff in building #2 stated no fire drills had been conducted in at least a year. No documentation of fire drills was found for 2025. The operation also did not have documentation of severe weather and lock down drills in building #2.”
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Electric or Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Detector-Install new Battery in Each CO Detector Annually
“The operation had one carbon monoxide that was not working in the pre-k building. The operation also had no documentation of carbon monoxide, smoke detector, or fire extinguishers being checked monthly.”
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Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
“Two out of four staff were missing annual training hours. One staff was missing all trainings in section (e) of this standard as well as 7 out of 24 annual hours. The second staff was missing 5 out of 30 annual hours. The hours missing included hazardous materials and management training.”
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Activities for Infants - Outdoor Play Daily
“The infant’s daily schedule does not indicate that infants go to play outside twice a day on a daily basis. Staff stated infants do not go outside to play. There is no infant playground located at the operation.”
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Provide Access to Children’s Records - During Hours of Operation
“Two out of six children’s records did not have the required documentation available for review.”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“Five out of six children’s records did not have immunizations on file.”
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Access to Personnel Records
“Two out of four staff records were not available for review at the time of inspection.”
7 deficiencies older than three years
Apr 14, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age
“In the infant classroom an infant was in a play yard with a training cup toy and a blanket. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection when caregiver removed the items from the play yard.”
Apr 4, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“A caregiver did not show good judgment by taping a child’s shoes, so the child would not remove the shoes.”
Mar 21, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
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Arrangement of Napping Equipment -Provides Sufficient Walking and Work Space
“During nap time in the infant, toddler, and Pre k classroom the cots, and the play yards were not arranged with space between them to allow caregivers to walk between them.”
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Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Safe and Sanitary
“There were 6 gallons of milk that were not stored properly in the refrigerator, the gallons of milk were room temperature.”
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Notification of Change in Space
“The infants were in the room designated for the toddlers and the toddlers were in the room designated for the infants. Director had not notified licensing of the changes of the classrooms.”
Apr 1, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
“Base on the DFPS investigation; There was neglectful supervision at the operation, a child was left outside from 10 - 20 minutes with out supervision.”
Jan 5, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Required Personnel Records- Training Hours
“One out of four records review was missing training hours.”
All 32 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 13, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 22, 2025 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 12, 2025 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 1, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 16, 2025 | Inspection | 6 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Inspection | 11 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 9, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 11, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 21, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 17, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 9, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 20, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 5, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 27, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 14, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 26, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 14, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 4, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 4, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 21, 2023 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 22, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 13, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 5, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 25, 2021.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 22 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 6 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 24, 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).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 19 child care providers in Kleberg County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 23.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Marc Cisneros Center for Young Children | 0 |
| Harrel Learning Center | 0 |
| The Tot Spot Learning Center | 0 |
| Tiny Hands Learning Center | 1 |
| Tiny Einstein’s Learning Academy | 3 |
| Bright Stars Child Development Center, LLC This child care provider | 23 |
| Beverly Gant | 9 |
| Color My World Kidz Academy | 0 |
| Brenda Rios | 8 |
| Little Red Barn Learning Center LLC | 1 |
| Higher Ground Learning Center LLC | 4 |
| Growing in Grace Academy LLC | 6 |
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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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