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Bright Beginnings Early Education and Childcare Center

A licensed child care center in Flint, Texas 75762

17199 FM 2493, Flint, Texas 75762. (903) 253-6250.

Texas’s own record, on its child care search

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2024. 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?

3 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 83 child care providers in Smith County had 2.

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 16, 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

3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2024. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

3 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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Jul 30, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Using, Storing and Disposing of Hazardous Materials

    “During a walk through of the building it was observed some cleaning supplies under a cabinet in a classroom where children was present.”

    Rule 746.3407(13). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 30, 2024.

  • Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

    “During a review of the records, four caregivers was lacking 8 hours of training.”

    Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 27, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 23, 2024.

Feb 20, 2024: assessment1 deficiency

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

    “The operation failed to update their labiality insurance. Operation provided verification on 2/9/23 and was due for their annual verification on 2/12/24.”

    Rule 746.203(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 21, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 23, 2024.

1 deficiency older than three years
Feb 1, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

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

    “During the inspection, it was observed by licensing a caregiver present at the operation without a current background check. This was corrected at the inspection.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 1, 2022.

All 12 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 16, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 8, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 4, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
May 26, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Feb 18, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 25, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Sep 23, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jul 30, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Feb 20, 2024Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jul 26, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 22, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Feb 1, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 11, 2021.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 52 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.
  • 1 report 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 rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

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

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 83 child care providers in Smith County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 3.
Source:

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

11 of the 83 in Smith County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
St. Mary’s Early Childhood Learning Center0
Sharon Peggs0
Bright Beginnings Early Education and Childcare Center This child care provider3
Frances Bachelor0
Little Peoples School3
Kids Kaleidoscope0
Grace Community of Tyler Early Education Center8
Stephanie StapletonNot given
North Tyler Day Nursery9
Maria AraizaNot given
Reach High Early Learning Center4
Browning Learning Academy1

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.

From the provider

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Replies

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Paid listing

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How to read a record

Four things every record does, shown on an example record made up for this guide.

An example record, made up for this guide

An example nursing home

Made up for this guide: no real place is shown

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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