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Brilliant Star Child Learning Center

A licensed child care center in La Vernia, Texas 78121

7218 FM 775, La Vernia, Texas 78121. (830) 328-0362.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.

The last 24 months 19 deficiencies in 9 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?

19 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 24 child care providers in Wilson County had 7.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 4, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Franchise Tax Delinquent, at the assessment on Jul 7, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Sep 24, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization, at the inspection on Sep 24, 2025

1 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

19 deficiencies in 9 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.

19 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 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Jul 7, 2026: assessment1 deficiency
  • Franchise Tax Delinquent

    “According to the Texas Comptroller website, the business entity’s Franchise Tax Account Status is Inactive/Forfeited. The operation is currently providing care to children with an inactive status.”

    Rule 745.247. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 15, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 21, 2026.

Feb 25, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
  • Documentation of Drills

    “The last completed emergency drill was documented in September 2025. Fire drills are required to be performed and documented once a month. Note: This was corrected at inspection when the operation staff and children in care completed a fire drill.”

    Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 25, 2026.

Dec 15, 2025: assessment1 deficiency
  • Designating Director

    “Since November 14th, 2025, the operation has not designated a qualified director.”

    Rule 746.201(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 21, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 21, 2026.

Nov 5, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
  • Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

    “Recite: The operation did not provide training certificates for caregivers in required topics, such as Child Maltreatment and Understanding building and physical premises safety.”

    Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 7, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 6, 2025.

Oct 30, 2025: assessment1 deficiency
  • Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

    “Recite: The operation did not provide training certificates for caregivers in required topics, such as Child Maltreatment, Emergency Preparedness, Administering medication, Preventing and Responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction, and Understanding building and physical premises safety.”

    Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 3, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 5, 2025.

Sep 24, 2025: inspection9 deficiencies
  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The fire inspection available for review was dated 8/23/24. There was not a current inspection available for review.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 7, 2025.

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

    “One of the eight children’s files reviewed did not include emergency care authorization. Additionally, the record did not include information for the child’s physician or an emergency-care facility.”

    Rule 746.605(11). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 26, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 26, 2025.

  • CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based

    “Seven of the eight staff files reviewed had CPR certifications that were obtained through an online source that did not include hands-on skill-based instruction. The source of the training was American Health Care Academy.”

    Rule 746.1315(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 8, 2025.

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “The health inspection available for review was dated 7/24/24. There was not a current health inspection available for review.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 8, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 8, 2025.

  • Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

    “Four of the seven caregiver files reviewed did not have training certificates available for review that totaled the required 24 hours of training. . Additionally, one caregiver lacked training in caring for children under 24 months of age. and one caregiver lacked training in listed topics, such as, Child growth and development, Guidance and discipline, Age-appropriate curriculum, and Teacher-child interactions.”

    Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 29, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 30, 2025.

  • Director Annual Training - Additional required topics

    “The director’s file did not have training certificates in required topics, such as Emergency Preparedness, Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, and Understanding building and physical premises safety, available for review. Additionally, the director did not have verification of training for additional required topics to include, caring for children under 24 months, and topics such as Child growth and development, Guidance and discipline, Age-appropriate curriculum, Teacher-child interaction, and Serving children with special care needs”

    Rule 746.1311(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 29, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 27, 2025.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees’ Attendance

    “There was not documentation available for review to verify that the director is maintaining her hours present at the operation per. 746.1011. Noted: This was discussed with the director and her time was documented for the day.”

    Rule 746.801(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 24, 2025.

  • Required Personnel Records

    “Four of the eight staff files reviewed were found to be missing required items, such as a date indicating when orientation was conducted and a signed and dated statement indicating the employee received the operational and personnel policies.”

    Rule 746.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 26, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 26, 2025.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)

    “Six of the eight staff files reviewed did not have the Pre-employment affidavit, form 2912, available for review.”

    Rule 746.901(5). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 26, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 25, 2025.

Aug 6, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

    “1 out of the 8 children’s files evaluated did not have signed Emergency Care Authorization.”

    Rule 746.605(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 7, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 7, 2024.

  • Health Statement parent sign - Dated within past yr, name/address health care professional, states child can participate. Follow by signed statement

    “Two children who have been enrolled in care for over 12 months did not have a signed health care provider statement on file.”

    Rule 746.611(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 31, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 16, 2024.

Jun 10, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
  • Required Admission Information - Potential complications

    “A child with a known allergy that requires medication did not have required information of special care needs on file.”

    Rule 746.605(13)(B)(iii). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 17, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 17, 2024.

Feb 5, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

    “The loose-fill in the both the big and small playgrounds measured less than 6 inches in depth.”

    Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 19, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 16, 2024.

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “Promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity was missing from operational policies.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 12, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 8, 2024.

All 12 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 4, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 7, 2026Assessment1 deficiency cited
Feb 25, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Dec 15, 2025Assessment1 deficiency cited
Nov 5, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 30, 2025Assessment1 deficiency cited
Sep 24, 2025Inspection9 deficiencies cited
Mar 24, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Aug 6, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jun 10, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 1, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 5, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Sep 5, 2024.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 85 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 30, 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 .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 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: ELD).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 24 child care providers in Wilson County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 19.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 24 in Wilson County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Y School Age @ La Vernia15
Little Bear Child Care Center, Inc.15
Lv Learning Academy3
Brilliant Star Child Learning Center This child care provider19
Bear Cave Learning Center10
La Vernia United Methodist Church Child Care16
Los Ninos7
Priscilla Soto1
Giggles and Smiles Learning Center22
Starlings Darlings Learning Center7
The Sonshine Ark27
Janie Mora3

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 30, 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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