The Pillars Christian Learning Center
A licensed child care center in Richardson, Texas 75082
3501 Murphy Rd, Richardson, Texas 75082. (972) 680-3062.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.
- 16 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Dallas County: 2
- 4 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 17 inspections on record
- Not star-rated Texas Rising Star rating
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?
16 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 986 child care providers in Dallas County had 2.
17 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 21, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on Jun 24, 2026
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 report to the state on May 29, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Safety Requirements for Sprinkler Play - Not Used On or Near Hard, Slippery Surface, at the report to the state on Jul 2, 2025
1 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
16 deficiencies in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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| 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.
Sep 18, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
“A child was observed to unplug and attempt to plug in a cord in the wall.”
Aug 14, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
“1 staff had a CPR/First aid that expired 5/2026.”
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“The operation had not been completing fire drills. There were none to review.”
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Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2985)
“1 staff did not have a notorized affidavit on file.”
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Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2912)
“1 staff did not have a signed pre-employent affidavit on file.”
Jun 24, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“A caregiver engaged inappropriately with children during play.”
May 29, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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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
“This standard was evaluated as part of a follow up and found deficient. A child was left unattended on the playground.”
Dec 23, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Diaper Changing Equipment- If Above Floor Level Must Use Safety Mechanism
“On the four diaper changing tables above floor level, the diaper changing mats are flat on a counter. One side of the counters does not have a raised side.”
Dec 22, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Diaper Changing Equipment - If Above Floor Level Must Keep Hand on Child
“This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and was found to be deficient. Through interviews with staff, it was determined that a caregiver did not keep their hand on an infant who was on the diapering table.”
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Diaper Changing Equipment - If Above Floor Level Caregiver Must Face Child and Be Within Arm’s Length of Child
“This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and was found to be deficient. Through interviews with caregivers, it was determined that a caregiver was not facing an infant and was more than an arm’s length away from the infant when the infant fell off a diaper table and received a minor injury.”
Jul 2, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Safety Requirements for Sprinkler Play - Not Used On or Near Hard, Slippery Surface
“During the investigation it was found that a group of children were participating in sprinkler play on the concrete basketball court of the facility.”
Sep 24, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The operation did not have a current fire inspection under the new ownership.”
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“The operation did not have a current health inspection under the new ownership.”
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Measurement of Use Zone for Slides - Greater than Six Feet Exit of Slide
“On the school age playground, there was one slide that was 6 feet 8 inches in height; the use zone for the slide was 5 feet 4 inches. The use zone could not extend beyond 5 feet 4 inches because a wooden barrier was blocking the use zone from extending further.”
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
“The swings, and slide and entrances/exits to the slide structure in the Preschool playground had mulch that was 1-4 inches in depth in their use zones. This was corrected at inspection when the operation put up barriers to prevent children from using the equipment.”
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Nine Inches if Equipment Greater Than 5 Ft.
“On the school age playground, the mulch was 1-5 inches in depth in the use zones for the tire swing, ladder to equipment, slide, and two sets of monkey bars. This was corrected at inspection when the operation put up barriers to prevent children from using the equipment.”
All 24 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 3, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 24, 2026 | Inspection | Outcome pending |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 29, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 7, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 3, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 2, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 18, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 4, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 3, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 28, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 24, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 24, 2024 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 4, 2025.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 248 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.
- 7 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?
- Not star-rated in Texas Rising Star (TWC’s code: ELD).
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 16.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Rainbow Connection Preschool | 0 |
| Primrose School of N. Richardson @ Lookout | 3 |
| The Pillars Christian Learning Center This child care provider | 16 |
| Saint Christopher Montessori | 11 |
| Legacy Kids Academy | 0 |
| Hai Thi Vo | 1 |
| Richardson Isd Northwood Hills Elementary | 2 |
| Richardson Isd- Richardson Terrace Elementary | 5 |
| Richardson Isd O. Henry Elementary | 0 |
| Storytime Overnight Child Care Services LLC | 0 |
| Kings and Queens Court | 8 |
| Little Tots Nursery | 3 |
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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