Montessori Kids Universe
A licensed child care center in Leander, Texas 78641
10960 E Crystal Falls Pkwy Ste 100, Leander, Texas 78641. (737) 304-6001.
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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 Williamson County: 3
- 3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 21 inspections on record
- Not rated 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 467 child care providers in Williamson County had 3.
21 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 13, 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 report to the state on Jun 9, 2026
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 report to the state on Jul 25, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk, at the report to the state on Jul 25, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
12 deficiencies in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 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.
Jul 28, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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Posting Requirements - Letter or form from the most recent Licensing Inspection or Investigation
“While reviewing required postings, the operation was missing the most recent licensing inspection.”
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Children’s Records - Health Statement
“While conducting a file audit, there was a file without required health statement.”
Jun 9, 2026: report to the state1 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
“There are concerns with supervision.”
Sep 15, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
“The allergy alert plans were reviewed and one plan did not have a doctor signature.”
Jul 25, 2025: report to the state2 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
“This standard was reviewed in relation to the self-reported allegations and found to be deficient. The operation child was left unsupervised in the classroom when the class transitioned to another room.”
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Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“This standard was reviewed in relation to the self-reported allegation and found to be deficient. The evidence supports that the parent was notified the morning after the incident when the child was left unsupervised in the classroom.”
Feb 10, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups
“The bottles for the infant involved in the incident were not labled at the time of the incident causing the child to be feed the wrong bottle.”
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Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional
“The feeding instructions for the infant involved in the incident were not available at inspection.”
Jan 29, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization
“This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegations and found to be deficient. The operation did not report an incident of a child who was injured and was treated by a doctor as required.”
Oct 16, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required
“Of the files reviewed two staff requiring SIDs did not have documentation of a current certification.”
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“There was no documentation of a current sanitation inspection.”
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Documented Annual Training- Required Content
“Of the six staff files reviewed five did not have documentation of hazardous material, food allergies and administration of medication.”
2 deficiencies older than three years
Apr 2, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“It was found during a self-reported investigation that a caregiver used prohibited punishment when camera footage showed the caregiver pulling children by the arm. The director immediately terminated the caregiver upon being made aware of the incident.”
Feb 15, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“One caregiver was caring for children with a pending background check. This was corrected at inspection when the director had the caregiver leave.”
All 29 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 6, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 5, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 15, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 3, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 29, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 11, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 10, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 29, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 14, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 5, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 2, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 15, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 3, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 7, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 20, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 27, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 19, 2022.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten.
- Capacity: 149 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.
- 8 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?
- Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 467 child care providers in Williamson County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 12.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Montessori Kids Universe This child care provider | 12 |
| Trudi Komorn | Not given |
| Good News Preschool | 3 |
| Abacus School of Austin | 2 |
| Prep N Play Academy | 9 |
| Leander Littles | 5 |
| Journey Bible Fellowship Mothers Day Out | 3 |
| Leander Head Start | 7 |
| Laura Lazo | 6 |
| Young Minds Montessori Preschool | 8 |
| Jyothi Duggirala | 5 |
| Colibri Bilingual Child Academy | 2 |
| Texas Academy of Gymnastics | 8 |
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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