The Learning Express
A licensed child care center in San Juan, Texas 78589
617 S Veterans Blvd, San Juan, Texas 78589. (956) 702-7106.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.
- 19 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Hidalgo County: 3
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 9 inspections on record
- 2-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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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?
19 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County had 3.
9 inspections on record. The latest, on May 27, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.
Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Nov 21, 2024
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 inspection on Feb 23, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
19 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | Dec | |||||||||||
| 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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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 31, 2026. Updated daily.
May 27, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
“Director is missing most current CPR/First Aid training. Last CPR/First Aid training expired on 10/2024.”
May 28, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“One caregiver was observed attending to six children aged 6 months, 7 months, 10 months, 18 months, 21 months, and 21 months. However, a single caregiver is only permitted to care for four children within this age group. Note: This was resolved by relocating the two children, each 21 months old, to a different room.”
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“There was not a fire drill practiced in the month of April. Note: Fire drill was practiced during inspection.”
Nov 21, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The fire inspection is expired, the last inspection was conducted on October 18th 2023.”
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“The health inspection is expired, the inspection was last conducted on November 19th 2023.”
Apr 2, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Documentation of Drills
“Fire drill was not documented.”
Mar 8, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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Director Annual Training - Caring for children under 24 months
“Director does not have proof of the following training: Recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma; understanding and using safe sleep practices and preventing sudden infant head trauma and understanding early childhood brain development.”
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
“A caregiver counted in child/caregiver ratios does not have pediatric first aid and CPR training.”
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees’ Attendance
“Center director is not maintaining attendance records.”
Feb 23, 2024: inspection10 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
“A group of eleven children were left unspervised briefly when caregiver stepped out of classroom.”
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Transportation training
“Director does not have the required transportation training.”
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Director Annual Training - Caring for children under 24 months
“Director does not have proof of the following training: Recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma; understanding and using safe sleep practices and preventing sudden infant head trauma and understanding early childhood brain development.”
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
“A caregiver counted in child/caregiver ratios does not have pediatric first aid and CPR training.”
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Sign-in and Sign-out Tracking System
“Children sign in and out log is not being maintained.”
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Posting Requirements - License
“License was not posted during the inspection.”
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees’ Attendance
“Center director is not maintaining attendance records.”
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Posting Requirements - List entitled “Current Employees”--sized at least 81/2 X 11 inches, printed legibly, include employee first and last name
“Employees list was not current. NOTE: It was corrected during the inspection.”
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Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit
“Employment affidavit was not available for two employees.”
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Employee record: Signed and Dated Statement for Orientation/Pre-Service training by trainer and employee
“A caregiver counted in child/caregiver ratios does not have proof of orientation or pre service training.”
All 9 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 10, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 28, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 21, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| May 30, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 2, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 8, 2024 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 23, 2024 | Inspection | 10 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 4, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jun 17, 2024.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 72 children.
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.
- 0 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 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).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 19.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| The Learning Express This child care provider | 19 |
| Maria Guadalupe Chapa Aguilar | Not given |
| Kids’ Quest Learning Academy, LLC | 1 |
| Ready to Learn Academy | 2 |
| Candy Kids 123 | 1 |
| Linda’s Lullaby Land | 1 |
| The Kids Academy Rgv LLC | 1 |
| Smart Start Child Care | 2 |
| Enfant Jordi Daycare and Learning Center LLC | 2 |
| Little Bright Minds Child Developement Center 2 | 1 |
| Ositos Learning Daycare | 2 |
| Lemus Learning Academy | 6 |
| Abc Stars Academy | 1 |
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 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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