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King Steps Academy

A licensed child care home in Sugar Land, Texas 77498

13943 Old Village Ln, Sugar Land, Texas 77498. (832) 343-6240.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. 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?

7 deficiencies 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 8, 2026: 4 deficiencies cited.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

7 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.

Sep 8, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

    “The primary caregiver only had 12 hours for training year 4-11-2025 to 4-11-2026. The primary caregivers is still missing 18 hours. Corrected: When the inspector took 18 hours of training for 4-11-2026 to 4-11-2027.”

    Rule 747.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 8, 2026.

  • Written Operational Policies - Animals

    “The operation does not address in the operational policies about animals they have. The operation has two dogs and one cat. Corrected: When primary caregiver updated the operational policy about animals in the home.”

    Rule 747.501(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 8, 2026.

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “The operation did not address promoting indoor and outdoor physical activity in the operational policies. Corrected: When primary caregiver updated the operational policy about promoting indoor and outdoor physical activity.”

    Rule 747.501(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 8, 2026.

  • Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights

    “The operation did not address Parent Rights in the operational policies. Corrected: When primary caregiver updated the operational policy with parent rights.”

    Rule 747.501(9). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 8, 2026.

Sep 15, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training - Primary, Assistant, and Substitute Caregivers

    “The primary caregiver did not have current first aid training, it expired 7/2025.”

    Rule 747.1313(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 3, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 2, 2025.

  • Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training -skill based and hands on

    “The primary caregiver did not have current CPR training, it expired 7/2025.”

    Rule 747.1313(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 3, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 2, 2025.

  • Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, Relocation and Sheltering Procedures

    “The operation is missing information in the emergency preparedness plan on how children younger than 24 months and limited mobility would get out of the home in case of an emergency. Corrected: When added the information to the emergency preparedness plan.”

    Rule 747.5003(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 26, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 26, 2025.

6 deficiencies older than three years
Apr 18, 2022: inspection6 deficiencies

  • Using, Storing and Disposing of Hazardous Materials

    “There is a can of paint behind a curtain next to the water heater in reach of children. Note: Director removed paint can.”

    Rule 747.3203(14). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 18, 2022.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “There are two stacks of wood in the backyard that could potentially fall over if children were to mess with the small logs. These stacks of wood are 2 feet tall. There is a slide from the play set that is fallen over on the ground. There are sharp round edges on the posts exposed. Note: Photos were taken.”

    Rule 747.3501. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 25, 2022. Correction verified: May 18, 2022.

  • Safety - Play Materials and Equipment Safe

    “A screw is sticking out approximately 1 inch from a child’s rocking chair where the armrest was. This could poke a child and injure them. Note: Director removed screw during inspection.”

    Rule 747.3501(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 18, 2022.

  • Requirements for Tire Swings - Not Suspended from Composite Structure

    “A saucer tree swing is installed on a play structure swing set next to two swings in the same bay.”

    Rule 747.4505(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 3, 2022. Correction verified: May 6, 2022.

  • Background Check Validation - Once a year listed family homes, licensed, and registered child care homes must validate list of subjects

    “This had not been done since March 16, 2021.”

    Rule 745.651(2)(B). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 22, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 19, 2022.

  • First Aid Kit - Complete Kit

    “First aid kit in transportation van is missing scissors. Note: Scissors were placed in kit during inspection.”

    Rule 747.3803(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 18, 2022.

All 7 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 8, 2026Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Sep 15, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Sep 25, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Oct 6, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Sep 28, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Sep 28, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Apr 18, 2022Inspection6 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child-Care Home, permit issued Sep 10, 2021.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 12 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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 4-Star (the highest 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 477 child care providers in Fort Bend County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 7.
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
King Steps Academy This child care provider7
Abc Academy4
Kim Loan Nguyen23
Rainbow Learning Center3
Fellowship Christian Academy1
The Progressive Daycare15
Priya Johns0
Ready Steady Go Academy28
Kids R Kids #2521
Thu Nguyen14
First Foundation Childcare - Preschool14
Lakeview Elementary School10
Cai Xia Kuang4

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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