Cedars International Academy

A licensed child care center in Austin, Texas 78724

9100 East Highway 290, Austin, Texas 78724. (512) 419-1551.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.

33 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Travis County: 3
6 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
15 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 33 deficiencies in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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?

33 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 624 child care providers in Travis County had 3.

15 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 21, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Smoke Detectors Testing, at the inspection on Mar 31, 2025

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 Dec 2, 2024

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Sep 10, 2024

3 more rated High; all are listed below.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

33 deficiencies in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

33 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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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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

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.

Oct 3, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

Screen Time Activities - Does not include Advertising or Violence

“At the time of the inspection, a classroom was seen playing the fortnite video This was brought into compliance when the caregiver turned the game off during the inspection.”

Rule 744.2007(b)(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 3, 2025.
Required Admission Information - Physician Information

“At the time of the inspection, 2 children’s files reviewed did not have their physician’s inforamation.”

Rule 744.605(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 17, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 17, 2025.

Sep 10, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

Annual Sanitation Inspection

“At the time of this inspection, the annual sanitation report had expired.”

Rule 744.2501(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 10, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 3, 2025.

Mar 31, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies

Smoke Detectors Testing

“The smoke detectors were not tested in the month of February 2025. This was corrected at inspection when the director conducted the inspection.”

Rule 744.3619. High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 31, 2025.
Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

“During the January 2025 fire drill the staff and children were not able to safely exit the building within three minutes. This was corrected at inspection when a drill was conducted and everyone was able to exit under 3 minutes.”

Rule 744.3559(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 31, 2025.
Inspect Fire Extinguishers Monthly

“The fire extinguishers were not inspected in the month of February 2025. This was corrected at inspection when the director conducted the inspection.”

Rule 744.3607(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 31, 2025.
Electronic or Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Detector- Director or Designee Check All Detectors Monthly

“The carbon monoxide detection system was not tested in the month of February 2025. This was corrected at inspection when the director conducted the inspection.”

Rule 744.3757(a)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 31, 2025.
First Aid Kit - Supplies Not Expired

“The operation had two different types if antiseptic ointment in the first aid kit that expired in 2017 and 2022. The director removed these from the first aid kit during inspection.”

Rule 744.2753(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 31, 2025.
Documentation of Drills

“The operation did not have any documentation showing the time of fire drills to ensure that they were able to exit in 3 minutes. The staff had to call another staff during inspection to obtain this information as it was not available for review during inspection.”

Rule 744.3559(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 31, 2025.

Mar 10, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner

“Four classrooms had garbage accessible to children as the trash cans contained garbage in them and did not have a lid on them. This was corrected when all four trash cans were removed from the classrooms.”

Rule 744.2507(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 10, 2025.
Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times

“One group of kids were observed in a classroom eating snack while watching cartoons. This was corrected when the caregiver shut off the television.”

Rule 744.2007(b)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 10, 2025.

Jan 8, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Documentation for Emergency Drills, Fire Extinguishers, and Smoke Detectors

“The provider did have any documentation of inspecting the carbon monoxide detectors, smoke detectors, or fire extinguishers monthly. This was corrected at inspection when the provider completed all 3 inspections.”

Rule 744.801(9). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 8, 2025.

Dec 11, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

Children’s Records - Admission Information

“Ten children’s admission files were missing the following information: emergency contact address, Name, address, and telephone number of the child’s physician or anemergency-care facility, and authorization to obtain emergency medical care and to transport the child for emergency medical treatment.”

Rule 744.603(a)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 31, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 2, 2025.

Dec 2, 2024: inspection9 deficiencies

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

“One staff allowed children outside on the playground without knowing who the children were left in care with at the end of his shift. During the inspection another staff stated she was only responsible for half of the children and I was able to observe other staff outside present with the other children.”

Rule 744.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 2, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 11, 2024.
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children’s names and ages

“Four staff did not know the children’s ages or have anything to locate what the children’s ages were during the inspection.”

Rule 744.1205(a)(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 9, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 11, 2024.
Nutrition and Food Service - Follow Meal Patterns

“The operation is not following the meals and snacks must follow the meal patterns established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) that is administered by the Texas Department of Agriculture.”

Rule 744.2401(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 20, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 11, 2024.
Care Requirements for Children Younger Than 5 - Written Plan

“The operation did not have a written activity plan for any of the children in care including those under 5 years old.”

Rule 744.2003(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 20, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 1, 2025.
Screen Time Activities - Related to Planned Activities

“Two staff had children watching cartoons in their classrooms. The staff shut off the televisions during the inspection.”

Rule 744.2007(b)(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 2, 2024.
Posting Requirements- Letter or form from the most recent licensing inspection or investigation.

“The letter or form from the most recent Licensing inspection or investigation was not posted.”

Rule 744.401(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 5, 2024.
Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Children’s Records

“The operation did not have children’s records available for review during inspection.”

Rule 744.801(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 20, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 11, 2024.
Required Personnel Records

“Ten staff personnel files were incomplete and missing the required documents.”

Rule 744.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 20, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 2, 2025.
Documentation of Training Requirements - Original Training Certification Card or Letter in each Employee’s personnel record

“The operation did not have documentation of training for ten staff.”

Rule 744.1331(a). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 20, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 2, 2025.

Sep 10, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies

Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

“The operation does not have a fire inspection on file.”

Rule 744.3501(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 31, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 10, 2024.
Written Operational Policies - Emergency Preparedness Plans

The inspectors’ words, 136 words
“The following policies were not available for review: Procedures for handling medical emergencies; Procedures for parental notifications; Permissions for Transportation, Water Activities, and Fields Trips, if applicable, Animals, Procedures for providing and applying, as needed, insect repellant and sunscreen, including what types will be used, if applicable; Procedures for parents to visit the operation at any time during your hours of operation to observe their child, program activities, the building, the premises, and equipment without having to secure prior approval; Procedures for parents to participate in the operation’s activities; Procedures for parents to review a copy of the operation’s most recent Licensing inspection report and how the parent may access the minimum standards online; If your operation maintains and administers unassigned epinephrine auto-injectors Procedures for supporting inclusive services to children with special care needs. Parents Rights”

Rule 744.501(22). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 17, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 11, 2024.
Annual Sanitation Inspection

“The operation does not have a sanitation inspection on file.”

Rule 744.2501(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 17, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 11, 2024.
Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner

“There are several pieces of garbage on the playground area.”

Rule 744.2507(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 17, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 11, 2024.
Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Liability Insurance

“The operation does not have the following files required at the operation: liability insurance”

Rule 744.801(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 17, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 11, 2024.

Aug 7, 2024: inspection6 deficiencies

Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

“The operation does not have a fire inspection on file.”

Rule 744.3501(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 28, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 10, 2024.
Written Operational Policies - Emergency Preparedness Plans

The inspectors’ words, 333 words
“The operation does not have the following operational policies: Illness and exclusion criteria; Procedures for handling medical emergencies; Procedures for parental notifications; Immunization requirements for children, including tuberculosis screening and testing if required by your regional Texas Department of State Health Services or local health authority, Permissions for Transportation, Water Activities, and Fields Trips, if applicable, Animals, Procedures for providing and applying, as needed, insect repellant and sunscreen, including what types will be used, if applicable; Procedures for parents to review and discuss with the director any questions or concerns about the policies and procedures of the operation; Procedures for parents to visit the operation at any time during your hours of operation to observe their child, program activities, the building, the premises, and equipment without having to secure prior approval; Procedures for parents to participate in the operation’s activities; Procedures for parents to review a copy of the operation’s most recent Licensing inspection report and how the parent may access the minimum standards online; Instructions on how a parent may contact the local Licensing office, access the Texas Abuse and Neglect Hotline, and access the HHSC website; Emergency preparedness plan; Procedures for conducting health checks, if applicable; Information on vaccine-preventable diseases for employees, unless your operation is in the home of the permit holder, the director, or a caregiver. If your operation maintains and administers unassigned epinephrine auto-injectors to use when a child in care has an emergency anaphylaxis reaction, policies for maintenance, administration, and disposal of unassigned epinephrine auto-injectors that comply with the unassigned epinephrine auto-injector requirements set by the Texas Department of State Health Services, as specified in 25 TAC Chapter 40, Subchapter C (relating to Epinephrine Auto-Injector Policies in Youth Facilities) and Texas Health and Safety Code ?773.0145. Procedures for supporting inclusive services to children with special care needs. The policy must address the requirements outlined in ?744.2009 of this chapter (relating to What are my responsibilities when planning activities for a child in care with special care needs?)”

Rule 744.501(22). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 14, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 10, 2024.
Annual Sanitation Inspection

“The operation does not have a sanitation inspection on file.”

Rule 744.2501(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 28, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 10, 2024.
Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner

“There are several pieces of garbage on the playground area.”

Rule 744.2507(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 14, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 10, 2024.
Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

“There is 2 inch hole in the wall of a classroom.”

Rule 744.2507(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 21, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 10, 2024.
Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Liability Insurance

“The operation does not have the following files required at the operation: liability insurance playground maintenance checklists emergency drills documentation”

Rule 744.801(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 14, 2024. Correction verified: Sep 10, 2024.

All 15 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Oct 21, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Sep 8, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Dec 8, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 17, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 3, 2025	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Sep 10, 2025	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Aug 13, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 31, 2025	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited
Mar 10, 2025	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Jan 8, 2025	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Dec 11, 2024	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Dec 2, 2024	Inspection	9 deficiencies cited
Sep 26, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Sep 10, 2024	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited
Aug 7, 2024	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 24, 2025.
Licensed for ages: Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 84 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.
0 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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 624 child care providers in Travis County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 33.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 624 in Travis County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Nehemiah Christian School	0
Montessori for All	1
Del Valle Isd North Child Development Center	6
Lasonia Knight	Not given
Seek and Say Enrichment Day Care	24
Cedars International Academy This child care provider	33
Rosie Davis	0
Creative Action After School at Decker	2
Right at School at Joseph Gilbert Elementa	0
Wawas Spanish Immersion Childcare	0
Gethsemane Lutheran Childrens	9
St Marks Episcopal Day School	9

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

Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).

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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

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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).
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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