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Kids R Kids Learning Academy of China Spring

A licensed child care center in Waco, Texas 76708

10033 Parker Springs Dr, Waco, Texas 76708. (254) 836-5121.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 16 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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?

16 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 132 child care providers in McLennan County had 6.

15 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 25, 2026: outcome pending.

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Jun 1, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child’s safety, at the report to the state on Mar 27, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Mar 19, 2026

4 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

16 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.

16 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.

Jun 10, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training

    “Two personnel files did not have the completed annual training hours on file for review. One caregiver completed 7 out of 24 hours and one caregiver completed 13 out of 24 hours.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(5)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 1, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 1, 2026.

  • Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

    “A child in care with a food allergy did not have a food allergy plan signed by a physician on file for review.”

    Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 24, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 25, 2026.

Jun 1, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies
  • Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

    “It was determined through video footage, a caregiver grabbed a child’s arm inappropriately.”

    Rule 746.2805(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 10, 2026.

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

    “A caregiver’s CPR/First Aid certification had expired.”

    Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 17, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 13, 2026.

Apr 7, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
  • Requirements for Feeding Infants - No Walking or Sleeping with Bottle or Cup

    “An infant was observed sleeping with a bottle. The bottle was removed from the infant during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.2419(7). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 7, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 14, 2026.

Mar 27, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child’s safety

    “It was determined a child was able to get out of a gate from the playground area into an area that was not enclosed.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 27, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 7, 2026.

Mar 19, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The operation did not have a current fire inspection. The last fire inspection was completed on 2/07/25.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 23, 2026. Correction verified: May 8, 2026.

Mar 16, 2026: report to the state4 deficiencies
  • Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual

    “It was determined a caregiver pulled a child’s hair and had the child kick himself as a form of discipline.”

    Rule 746.2805. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 19, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 26, 2026.

  • Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling

    “Based on the evidence, it was determined a caregiver utilized humiliation while disciplining a child in front of the victim’s peers.”

    Rule 746.2805(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 26, 2026.

  • Report Situation Placing Children at Risk

    “The operation did not report the incident to Child Care Regulation within the required time frame.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 19, 2026.

  • Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk

    “The operation did not have a copy an incident report for review.”

    Rule 746.701(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 26, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 23, 2026.

Dec 5, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
  • Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

    “A caregiver’s transportation training was last completed in April of 2024. The caregiver completed the training during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 5, 2025.

  • Fire Extinguishers Serviced

    “A fire extinguisher in a transportation vehicle was observed to have last been serviced in July of 2024 and was observed to be below the required fill level. The Director replaced the fire extinguisher with a properly filled and serviced fire extinguisher during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.5307(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 5, 2025.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “There were 6 infants in care that did not have updated infant feeding instructions on file for review.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 12, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 11, 2025.

Feb 4, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Policies Comply with Rules

    “The operation did not have the following policies included in the operational policy: *Infant Safe Sleep *Hearing/Vision Screening *Promotiion of indoor/outdoor Activitiy -benifits, duration, type, setting, recommended *Insect Repellant *Reviewing Minimum Standards and inspection form *Contacting Child Care Regulation, DFPS Website *Preventing Abuse/Neglect *Employee Vaccinations Gang Free Zone”

    Rule 746.201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 18, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 13, 2025.

  • Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

    “The caregiver who will be completing the transportation did not have transportation completed for review.”

    Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 11, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 7, 2025.

All 20 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 25, 2026Report to the stateOutcome pending
Sep 25, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 10, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jun 5, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 1, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jun 1, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Apr 14, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Apr 7, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 27, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 27, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Mar 26, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 19, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 16, 2026Report to the state4 deficiencies cited
Dec 5, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Sep 23, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jul 2, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 7, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Apr 8, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Apr 3, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 4, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jul 3, 2025.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 258 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.
  • 5 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 132 child care providers in McLennan County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 16.
Source:

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

11 of the 132 in McLennan County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Deanna Horn0
Champion Zone LLC2
Eoac Mitchell Avenue Head Start/Early Head Start1
Champion Zone LLC5
Jessica RoseNot given
Gloria’s Angels Learning Academy52
Babes N Tots Creative Academy North LLC22
Cortney Casper0
Cflc 2 LLC9
Eoac Brazos Early Head Start6
Kids R Kids Learning Academy of China Spring This child care provider16
Sunshine Sprouts Academy6

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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