Brain Builders Learning Academy
A licensed child care center in Killeen, Texas 76549
4101 W Stan Schlueter Loop, Killeen, Texas 76549. (254) 458-7398.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 12 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Bell County: 2
- 6 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 17 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?
12 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 237 child care providers in Bell County had 2.
17 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 5, 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 inspection on Mar 30, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on Jan 20, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual, at the report to the state on Jan 20, 2026
3 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
12 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 | Nov |
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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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Mar 30, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“A caregiver was observed transitioning a group of children to the bathroom. A child in the care of the caregiver kept leaving the room after being told not to. The caregiver was also observed allowing a group of children to return to the classroom alone while two other children remained in the bathroom. The children returned back to the group when finished.”
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Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering
“A caregiver did not wash the hand of a child after diapering. This was corrected when the caregiver returned and washed the child’s hands.”
Jan 20, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“Staff and caregivers did not use good judgment when interacting and discipling a child in care.”
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Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
“Staff stated a child was placed in a highchair, to keep the child from hitting other children.”
Jun 26, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean
“The walls in 3 of the classrooms and in the dining room had peeling paint and needed to be wiped down. Trash cans did not lids and needed to be wiped down.”
Sep 9, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Children’s Records - Enrollment Agreement
“Children’s records was missing parent signatures, and admission dates.”
Aug 20, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions
“The emergency alarm in one of the vehicles used for transportation was dislodged.”
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Children’s Records - Enrollment Agreement
“Children’s records was missing parent signatures, and admission dates.”
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Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)
“One operation staff did not have the required pre-application affidavit.”
Aug 14, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“A caregiver opened the door for CCR leaving a group of children unsupervised in the classroom. The caregiver returned to the room with the children.”
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“A caregiver was observed in a room with 5 children, bringing the room out of ratio by 1 child. This was corrected when another caregiver entered the room.”
May 9, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“A caregiver was observed not being in a vicinity of a child that threw a chair and hit another child in care.”
9 deficiencies older than three years
Nov 2, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle
“Two vans used for transport was observed and did not have the required safety alarm installed.”
Oct 23, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies
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Safety Requirements for Play Yards - Snug Fitting, Firm, Flat Mattress Designed for Use in Play Yard and No Extra Pads
“During the inspection, play yards were observed with matresses that did not fit flat against the sides.”
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Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle
“Two vans used for transport was observed and did not have the required safety alarm installed.”
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“Bathrooms were observed with no tissue or paper towels for use by the children. A bathroom was observed with a trash can with no lid. The can had left over garbage inside. A toilet was observed with urine and fecal stains inside and out. Mops and mop buckets were hanging over a mop sink in the bathroom and accessible to the children. This was corrected during the inspection. The provider cleaned the toilets and removed the garbage.”
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Employee Handwashing After Arriving at the Facility
“Caregivers were observed to not be washing their hands after arriving at the operation.”
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Children Handwashing Before Eating
“Children were observed not washing their hands before eating breakfast.”
Oct 24, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
“There was no loose fill installed under slide exits and rocking equipment.”
Dec 15, 2021: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
“From interviews and information gathers from the investigation it was determined that the operation was utilizing prohibited punishment.”
Oct 18, 2021: report to the state1 deficiency
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Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional
“During the inspection it was found that the operation did not have written feeding instructions.”
All 22 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 21, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 9, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 20, 2024 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 14, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| May 30, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 9, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 17, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 2, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 23, 2023 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 24, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 21, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 18, 2021 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 17, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 15, 2021 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 18, 2021 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 4, 2020.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 85 children.
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.
- 5 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 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).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 237 child care providers in Bell County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 12.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Brain Builders Learning Academy This child care provider | 12 |
| Maria Burgos | 4 |
| Tiny Troops Learning Center | 4 |
| A Heart for the Children | 0 |
| Theresas Creative Minds | 6 |
| Carmen Y Benitez Rivera | 2 |
| Just for Tots #4 | 28 |
| Asymca @ Dr. Joseph A. Fowler | 8 |
| 2y Smart Kids Care, LLC | 33 |
| Doris West | 4 |
| Anita Delores Smith | 1 |
| Sandra Lee Powell | 9 |
| Pershing Park YMCA | 0 |
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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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