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Little Lotus Preschool

A licensed child care center in Leander, Texas 78641

1607 High Chaparral Dr, Leander, Texas 78641. (512) 907-0789.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 10 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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?

10 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 467 child care providers in Williamson County had 3.

7 inspections on record. The latest, on Nov 4, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the inspection on Jul 31, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on Dec 7, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Dec 7, 2025

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

10 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

10 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.

Sep 16, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Health Statement on File within 1 Week of Admission

    “While conducting children’s file review of 3 children. There was a file missing the required health statement.”

    Rule 746.611(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 2, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 30, 2026.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Playground Maintenance Records

    “While conducting a records audit, the operation did not have a daily playground check list on file. The operation immediately printed the check list and began completing the check list.”

    Rule 746.801(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 16, 2026.

Jul 31, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “While conducting a walkthrough of the operation. A staff member did not have required background check.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 2, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 10, 2026.

May 1, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “The last fire drill was conducted on 01/22/2026”

    Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 8, 2026. Correction verified: May 8, 2026.

  • Liability Insurance Requirements - Provide Proof of Coverage Annually by Anniversary Date of Issuance

    “The operation did not have insurance.”

    Rule 746.203(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 8, 2026. Correction verified: May 8, 2026.

Jan 26, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
  • Parent right to review video recordings of alleged incident of abuse or neglect involving parent child

    “This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegations and found to be deficient. The operation admitted that they did not get the parents permission to show the video to another parent before showing the video.”

    Rule 746.521(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 2, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 3, 2026.

Dec 7, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
  • Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment

    “This standard was reviewed in relation to the self-reported allegations and found to be deficient. There was video evidence to support that a caregiver inappropriately disciplined a child by “popping” a child in the chest to get the child’s attention. The caregiver is no longer employed at the operation.”

    Rule 746.2805(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 31, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 7, 2026.

  • Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

    “This standard was reviewed in relation to the self-reported allegation and found to be deficient. There was video evidence to support that a caregiver grabbed a child by the arm inappropriately in the classroom. The caregiver is no longer employed at the operation.”

    Rule 746.2805(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 31, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 7, 2026.

Nov 26, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
  • Provide Parents With Copy of Policies

    “This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegations and found to be deficient. The parents were provided with an old copy of the parent handbook and were not provided with an updated copy when items were added.”

    Rule 746.503. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 15, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 19, 2025.

Nov 3, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “The operational policies were reviewed and missing the following: suspension and expulsion policy, promotion of indoor and outdoor activities, parents rights, emergency preparedness plan, access to the adult chair, special needs policy.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 5, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 3, 2025.

All 10 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Nov 4, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 16, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jul 31, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 1, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Feb 2, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jan 26, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Dec 9, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Dec 7, 2025Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Nov 26, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Nov 3, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Nov 5, 2025.
  • Its permit has conditions.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 56 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.
  • 3 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 star-rated in Texas Rising Star (TWC’s code: ELD).
Source:

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

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 467 child care providers in Williamson County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 10.
Source:

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

12 of the 467 in Williamson County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Little Lotus Preschool This child care provider10
Trudi KomornNot given
Good News Preschool3
Abacus School of Austin2
Prep N Play Academy9
Leander Littles5
Journey Bible Fellowship Mothers Day Out3
Leander Head Start7
Laura Lazo6
Young Minds Montessori Preschool8
Jyothi Duggirala5
Colibri Bilingual Child Academy2
Texas Academy of Gymnastics8

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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