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Illuminate Montessori

A licensed child care center in McKinney, Texas 75070

7508 Eldorado Pkwy, McKinney, Texas 75070. (972) 427-4018.

Texas’s own record, on its child care search

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 11 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 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?

11 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 647 child care providers in Collin County had 2.

6 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 28, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Required Immunizations, at the inspection on Jul 24, 2025

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

11 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

11 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Mar 19, 2026: inspection6 deficiencies

  • CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based

    “While reviewing personnel records, it was determined that multiple staff had completed CPR training online and it did not included in-person training with a manikin or hands on component.”

    Rule 746.1315(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 27, 2026.

  • Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - Used According to Manufacturer’s Instructions

    “The operation did not have a copy of the playground manufacturing instructions for the inspector to review.”

    Rule 746.4601(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 27, 2026.

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

    “While inspecting the playground it was determined there was not enough loose fill present and that more loose fill would need to be added.”

    Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 27, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records -Training Hours

    “While reviewing personnel records it was determined that multiple employees were missing a record of their training hours for the year.”

    Rule 746.901(6). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 27, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records - Dates of Employment

    “While reviewing personnel records it was determined that multiple employees were missing a record of their employment start date.”

    Rule 746.901(1). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 27, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)

    “While reviewing personnel records it was determined that multiple employees were missing a notarized affidavit.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 27, 2026.

Dec 9, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Sanitize Potty-Chairs

    “A potty chair was observed with urine in a restroom used by children 18 to 36 months. Contamination of toys and other objects in the room contributes to the transmission of diseases and germs in operations. The deficiency corrected during the inspection when a caregiver cleaned and sanitized the potty chair.”

    Rule 746.3407(5). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 9, 2025.

Jul 24, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Required Immunizations

    “A child did not have complete immunization records on file.”

    Rule 746.613(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 31, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 8, 2025.

  • Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation

    “Orientation documents for 6 caregivers were not available.”

    Rule 746.1301(a)(1)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 15, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 15, 2025.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records

    “9 staff annual training certificates for 2023 to 2024 were not available.”

    Rule 746.801(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 22, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 15, 2025.

  • Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2985)

    “3 staff hired prior to September 2023 did not have a notarized affidavit available.”

    Rule 746.1105(3). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 15, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 12, 2025.

All 6 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 28, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 19, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Apr 27, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 19, 2026Inspection6 deficiencies cited
Dec 9, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jul 24, 2025Inspection4 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued May 26, 2026.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 170 children.
Source:

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 .
Source:

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.
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 647 child care providers in Collin County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 11.
Source:

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

12 of the 647 in Collin County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Illuminate Montessori This child care provider11
YMCA at Comstock Elementary9
The Learning Experience18
Psa Mckinney0
Heartland Montessori Academy5
Mckinney Academy13
Xplor7
Revathi Potluri9
Childrens Lighthouse of Mckinney23
The Academy at Craig Ranch43
Naushaba AlamNot given
Auntie Audreys House0
Laura Vargas8

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 Nov 5, 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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