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Happy Jack’s Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Kerrville, Texas 78028

2720 Junction Hwy, Kerrville, Texas 78028. (830) 367-2290.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 27, 2026.

The last 24 months 25 deficiencies in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. 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?

25 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 14 child care providers in Kerr County had 11.5.

16 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 7, 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 inspection on Jul 23, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the inspection on Jul 23, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling, at the inspection on Jun 24, 2026

4 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

25 deficiencies in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.

25 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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 27, 2026. Updated daily.

Jul 23, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “The two year old classroom was observed having children climbing on shelves and on top of tables, jumping on their cots during the lunch/nap transition time, and when transitioning from the playground back to the building, children made it to the classroom door located around the side of the building while the caregivers were behind the group unable to see the children. Children were attempting to enter the open door or began playing with the infant toys on the porch.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 23, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 31, 2026.

  • Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

    “A caregiver was observed while monitoring the classroom camera pull a child by their forearm toward their cot and another child by their lower legs toward the caregiver.”

    Rule 746.2805(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 23, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 31, 2026.

Jun 24, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
  • Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling

    “A caregiver was observed yelling at a child during an art project.”

    Rule 746.2805(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 24, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 6, 2026.

Jun 15, 2026: 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

    “Caregivers were prepping at a counter and in a restroom with their backs to the children in the room limiting their ability to see the children in the classroom and hallway.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 9, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 23, 2026.

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Interact positively with children

    “A caregiver was observed yelling to children in the class to be nice, leave another child alone, to hurry up and get out of a box they were playing in, and telling a crying child “here, bye” after giving them an item they were asking for.”

    Rule 746.1203(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 9, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 23, 2026.

Jun 12, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies
  • Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

    “A caregiver was observed grabbing a child from behind by their arms to stand them up suspecting they may have been injured by another child in an attempt to evaluate them for any injuries.”

    Rule 746.2805(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 9, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 23, 2026.

  • AP Parental Communication - Injury Requires Treatment by Health Care Professional or Hospitalization

    “A child showed signs of favoring their arm after getting up from nap and being whiny and wanting to be held earlier. The parent was not contacted until an hour and a half after the child began favoring their arm.”

    Rule 746.307(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 9, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 23, 2026.

Jun 9, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “One of three toilets in the boys restroom was not working. The young playground had gap at the bottom of the fence over 5 1/2 inches and a broken fence board. The larger playground had a gap at the bottom of the fence 6 1/2 inches, a hole in the wall of the building approximately 9 inches, and the grass was in need of cutting.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 23, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 6, 2026.

  • Administering Medication - Original Container with Child’s Name, Date

    “A child was administered medication their parent provided to the operation but wasn’t in it’s original prescription box.”

    Rule 746.3805(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 10, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 15, 2026.

Jan 15, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained

    “The large climber on the playground lacked 6 inches of use zone material.”

    Rule 746.4907(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 13, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 12, 2026.

Jun 25, 2025: inspection8 deficiencies
  • Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

    “The director and additional driver did not have a a current transportation training certificate on file.”

    Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 30, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 8, 2025.

  • Documented annual training - Center allows child access to swimming pool

    “The director and caregivers who take children swimming away from the operation had not completed water safety training.”

    Rule 746.1325(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 7, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 25, 2025.

  • Administering Medication - Original Container with Child’s Name, Date

    “A child with medicaiton on site did not have the original prescription box.”

    Rule 746.3805(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 27, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 24, 2025.

  • Fire Extinguishers Serviced

    “Fire extinguishers in the operation were last inspected on 5/2024.”

    Rule 746.5307(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 11, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 18, 2025.

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “The operation did not have information in their parent handbook regarding the promotion of active play.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 11, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 8, 2025.

  • Required Personnel Records

    “One employee did not have an employee file to be able to review their hire paperwork.”

    Rule 746.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 30, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 8, 2025.

  • Documentation of Training Requirements - Original Training Certification Card or Letter in each Employee’s personnel record

    “One out of eleven staff training files evaluated did not have training certificates to match the listed trainings completed.”

    Rule 746.1329(a). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 11, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 8, 2025.

  • Posting Requirements - List entitled “Current Employees”--sized at least 81/2 X 11 inches, printed legibly, include employee first and last name

    “The operation did not have a posted employee list. NOTE: A new list was generated during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.401(9). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 25, 2025.

Dec 9, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - No Entrapment Openings

    “There was a broken fence board near the right back corner of the playground with a gap at the ground level measuring 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. There was an additional broken fence board on the playground gate with a gap measuring 7 inches.”

    Rule 746.4601(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 16, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 23, 2024.

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained

    “The depth of the loose-fill surfacing measured no more than 2 inches under the large climber and rock wall.”

    Rule 746.4907(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 3, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 22, 2025.

Apr 22, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “A caregiver was present and in direct supervision of children in care without a background check being entered or an eligibility letter on file. NOTE: The caregiver was sent home during the inspection.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 22, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 23, 2024.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “There were two windows in the operation that were cracked and spider. One window is accessible to children and if pushed on, can possibly break out of the window frame and cause injury.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 3, 2024. Correction verified: May 6, 2024.

Jan 4, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The back fence of the playground is leaning inward toward the play space and needs to be secured. There is a hole in one of the fence boards that could allow a child to become entrapped.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 12, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 12, 2024.

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “The operational policies did not contain information regarding the promotion of active play for children enrolled in the operation.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 12, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 12, 2024.

  • Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services

    “The operational policies did not contain a policy regarding children with special needs.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(30). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 12, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 12, 2024.

All 19 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 7, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 31, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 23, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jul 6, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 24, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 16, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 15, 2026Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Jun 12, 2026Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Jun 9, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jan 15, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 25, 2025Inspection8 deficiencies cited
Jan 22, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Dec 9, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Sep 10, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
May 28, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 22, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 7, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jan 12, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jan 4, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jun 11, 2024.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 120 children.
Source:

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 .
Source:

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?

  • Not star-rated in Texas Rising Star (TWC’s code: SUSI).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 14 child care providers in Kerr County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 11.5; this one had 25.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

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 Oct 27, 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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