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Bright Beginnings of Mcgregor

A licensed child care center in McGregor, Texas 76657

318 S Main St, McGregor, Texas 76657. (254) 391-3912.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 9 deficiencies in 1 month 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?

9 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

8 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 27, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Infants sleep in Designated Crib, Cot, Bed, or Mat, at the inspection on Mar 23, 2026

Rated High by Texas: No Smoking or Use of Tobacco Including E-Cigarettes or Vaporizers, at the inspection on Mar 23, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on Mar 11, 2026

3 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

9 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.

9 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.

Mar 23, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Infants sleep in Designated Crib, Cot, Bed, or Mat

    “Infants were observed to be asleep on the floor in the infant room. The infants were moved to bare cribs for sleep during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.2424. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 23, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 1, 2026.

  • No Smoking or Use of Tobacco Including E-Cigarettes or Vaporizers

    “Nicotine vapes were observed to be present in the afterschool classroom of the operation during inspection.”

    Rule 746.3703(d). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 23, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 1, 2026.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “During the inspection, several maintenance issues were observed. Garbage, tools, and cleaning equipment were observed in classroom areas of the daycare, accessible to children.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 6, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 1, 2026.

Mar 17, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

    “There was one child aged 9 years old observed in a classroom with 7 infants ages 2 months to 19 months old.”

    Rule 746.1605(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 17, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 23, 2026.

Mar 11, 2026: report to the state5 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

    “There was sufficient evidence found during the DFPS investigation to show that good judgement was not used when minimum standards were not followed during operational hours for the providers biological children.”

    Rule 746.1201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 10, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 13, 2026.

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

    “There was sufficient evidence found during the DFPS investigation to show that a child was left unattended on the outdoor playground.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 10, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 13, 2026.

  • Report Situation Placing Children at Risk

    “There was sufficient evidence found during the DFPS investigation to show that the operation did not report a situation placing a child at risk to Child Care Regulation.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 10, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 13, 2026.

  • Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk

    “There was sufficient evidence found during the DFPS investigation to show that the operation did not accurately notify a parent of a situation placing their child at risk.”

    Rule 746.307(b)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 10, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 13, 2026.

  • Sign-in and Sign-out Tracking System

    “There was sufficient evidence found during the DFPS investigation to show that accurate sign in and sign out documentation was not maintained.”

    Rule 746.631(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 10, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 13, 2026.

All 10 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 27, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 4, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 3, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 13, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Apr 1, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 23, 2026Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Mar 17, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 12, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 11, 2026Report to the state5 deficiencies cited
Feb 5, 2026InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 11, 2026.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 47 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.
  • 2 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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 2-Star (the first of three levels).
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 9.
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
Estela Velasquez6
Mighty Ducks Academy7
Beatrice Garcia3
Ladybug Academy14
Lil Pup Academy1
Lil Pup Academy School Age1
Bright Beginnings of Mcgregor This child care provider9
Ashla LedesmaNot given
Country Child Care0
Little Rockets2
Waco Child Development Center14
Waco Child Development Infant5

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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