Bright Minds Academy at Bushland
A licensed child care center in Amarillo, Texas 79124
18841 19th St, Amarillo, Texas 79124. (806) 349-1896.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 27, 2026.
- 5 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Potter County: 4
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 13 inspections on record
- 4-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?
5 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 50 child care providers in Potter County had 4.
13 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 2, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Administering Medication - According to Label Directions, at the inspection on May 26, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling, at the report to the state on Oct 3, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
5 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.
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| 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 27, 2026. Updated daily.
May 26, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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Administering Medication - According to Label Directions
“There were two epi-pens that were not in the original container so the epi pens lacked vital information including the name of the children’s full name who the epi pen belongs to and one was expired.”
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Documented Annual Training- Required Content
“Two staff were missing all the required health topics within their previous training year.”
Jun 18, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Required Admission Information-Child’s allergies and Completed Food Allergy Plan
“A child who has known allergic reactions to different foods does not have a food allergy plan on file for review.”
Feb 21, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries
“Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, parents were not notified of less serious injuries that occurred by pick up time as required by the minimum standards.”
Oct 3, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
“Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, children have been disciplined by yelling by staff.”
1 deficiency older than three years
Sep 27, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Required Admission Information-Completed Food Allergy Plan
“A child in care who had a listed diagnosed food allergy did not have a complete food allergy in file when reviewed as it was missing the parent signature.”
All 16 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 26, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 18, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 26, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 21, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 3, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 21, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 27, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 2, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 22, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 11, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 13, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 7, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 10, 2021.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 75 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 3 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 27, 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).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 50 child care providers in Potter County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 5.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Bright Minds Academy at Bushland This child care provider | 5 |
| Lane Day School | 1 |
| Brooke Laing | Not given |
| Trinity Lutheran Child Development Center | 14 |
| Child Development Center | 5 |
| Little Nest Cdc LLC | 4 |
| Abc Learning Center 3 | 2 |
| Carrie Johnson | 16 |
| Chynna Olona | 1 |
| Bright Minds Academy at Medi Park | 4 |
| Sue Parish | 1 |
| Amarillo College Medipark Campus Hagy Center for Young Child | 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 Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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