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The Learning Experience Farmers Branch

A licensed child care center in Farmers Branch, Texas 75234

12800 Josey Lane, Farmers Branch, Texas 75234. (469) 372-6978.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.

The last 24 months 13 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Most serious: 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?

14 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 986 child care providers in Dallas County had 2.

26 inspections on record. The latest, on Jan 21, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance, at the report to the state on Dec 29, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Required Immunizations, at the report to the state on Dec 29, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual, at the report to the state on Oct 30, 2024

5 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

13 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

13 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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 Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Dec 29, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance

    “The Director did not instruct staff (written or verbal) to adhere to Child Care Regulation?s policy, concerning the immunization documentation for a child at the operation.”

    Rule 746.1003(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 15, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 21, 2026.

  • Required Immunizations

    “A child’s file was missing immunization documentation.”

    Rule 746.613(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 15, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 21, 2026.

Oct 30, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual

    “Based on the DFPS investigation, it has been determined that caregivers have exposed children to prohibited punishment.”

    Rule 746.2805. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 2, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 4, 2024.

Sep 4, 2024: report to the state5 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

    “A caregiver was responsible for an ill child that needed immediate medical attention, and did not contact emergency medical services. Instead contacted a relative of the caregiver.”

    Rule 746.1201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 14, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 15, 2024.

  • Child Becomes Ill in Care and Requires Immediate Treatment or Hospitalization - Contact EMS or take to ER

    “A caregiver was caring for an ill child who needed immediate medical treatment, and the caregiver did not contact emergency medical services immediately.”

    Rule 746.3605(b)(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 14, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 15, 2024.

  • Child Becomes Ill in Care and Requires Immediate Treatment or Hospitalization - First Aid and CPR

    “A caregiver failed to immediately provide CPR to unresponsive child.”

    Rule 746.3605(b)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 14, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 15, 2024.

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

    “A caregiver was caring for an ill child and did not have current first aid certification.”

    Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 14, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 15, 2024.

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR

    “A caregiver was caring for an ill child and did not have current cpr certification.”

    Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 14, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 15, 2024.

Jun 7, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for

    “A caregiver was unaware of a child being left in her care and as a result, the child was left unsupervised inside the classroom.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 3, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 12, 2024.

  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “A child was left unsupervised in a classroom at the end of the day.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 3, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 12, 2024.

Mar 22, 2024: assessment1 deficiency

  • Notification of Change in Space

    “The operation failed to notify Child Care Regulation about 2 additional rooms opened for childcare without prior approval.”

    Rule 746.301(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 22, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 27, 2024.

Mar 19, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit

    “One out of eight staff filed did not have a notarized affidavit for review during the visit.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 26, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 25, 2024.

Jan 17, 2024: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “The operation failed to report the number of employees left for year 2023 by January 16, 2024.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 17, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 17, 2024.

Nov 30, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency

  • AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization

    “Based on the gatherings during the investigation, it was determined the operation failed to contact Childcare Licensing within 2 days. It was a total of 15 days before the notification took place.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 4, 2023. Correction verified: Dec 15, 2023.

10 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 25, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

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

    “A staff was in the 2-3 year old class with direct access to 14 children who were in care with a pending background check status.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 25, 2023.

  • Corrections Made to Fire Inspection

    “The fire inspection was last conducted in 9/11/23 and corrections were to be by 9/25/23. There were no inspection that showed the corrections available during the visit.”

    Rule 746.5105. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 8, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2023.

  • Children’s Products- Review list and Remove unsafe products

    “The recall product document has never been completed. No completed document was available for review during the visit.”

    Rule 746.4135(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 31, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 2, 2023.

Sep 14, 2023: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “Based on the information gathered during the investigation, it has been determined that a child was unattended, and caregiver was not at a physical proximity that allowed visual and/or auditory awareness of the child in care.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 30, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 15, 2023.

  • Report Situation Placing Children at Risk

    “Based on the gatherings during the investigation, it was determined that the operation failed to notify Childcare Regulations of a child placed at risk within two days.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 30, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 15, 2023.

Mar 9, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • No Swaddling of Infant Unless Completed Sleep Exception Form on File

    “One infant was swaddled and does not have a sleep exemption form on file.”

    Rule 746.2428. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 9, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 16, 2023.

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR

    “Six caregiver files did not have CPR/First Aid cards on files.”

    Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 15, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 16, 2023.

Jan 24, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Nutrition and Food Service - Drinking Water Available and Served

    “Water is offered as an option during meal and snack times.”

    Rule 746.3301(f). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 24, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 7, 2023.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “Infant feeding instructions for one infant had not been updated for more than 30 days.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 26, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 7, 2023.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Children’s Product Certification

    “The operation did not have a copy of the CPSC form. This was corrected at inspection when the operation signed up for CPSC reports, printed, and posted the form.”

    Rule 746.801(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 24, 2023.

All 41 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jan 21, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 2, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Dec 29, 2025Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Dec 23, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 11, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Apr 10, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 4, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 28, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Feb 11, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 6, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 23, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Dec 10, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Dec 7, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Dec 4, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Nov 19, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Nov 15, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Oct 30, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Sep 4, 2024Report to the state5 deficiencies cited
Jul 12, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jun 11, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jun 7, 2024Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Mar 27, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Mar 22, 2024Assessment1 deficiency cited
Mar 19, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 17, 2024Assessment1 deficiency cited
Nov 30, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Nov 30, 2023Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Nov 15, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Oct 25, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Sep 20, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Sep 16, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 14, 2023Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Mar 31, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Mar 29, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 16, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Mar 9, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Feb 7, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 24, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Jan 12, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Dec 1, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Sep 20, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 10, 2023.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 140 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

  • No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
  • 13 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 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: 2-Star (the first of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 986 child care providers in Dallas County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 14.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 986 in Dallas County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Bright Kids Montessori5
Kalken Education Innovation Inc. Steamspark2
Erika Sterling1
YMCA @ Stark3
The Learning Experience Farmers Branch This child care provider14
YMCA @ Mclaughlin Cfb2
Kiddie Academy of Mercer Crossing17
YMCA at Blair Elementary School0
Envision Child Development Center3
Hamilton Academy1
The Child in Me Home Daycare4
K+3 Learning Center0

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 2, 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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