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Martin Luther Lutheran Church Day School

A licensed child care center in Giddings, Texas 78942

573 N Main St, Giddings, Texas 78942. (979) 542-1015.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.

The last 24 months 3 deficiencies in 2 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?

3 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 8 child care providers in Lee County had 2.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 2, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age, at the inspection on Jun 2, 2026

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

3 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 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 2, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

  • AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age

    “An infant was observed with a bib around the neck while asleep in the crib. This was corrected at inspection when the bib was removed.”

    Rule 746.2415(b). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 2, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)

    “2 out of the 6 staff files reviewed were missing notarized affidavit forms.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 9, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 3, 2026.

Sep 10, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface

    “There was a diaper changing mat that was observed to be torn.”

    Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 24, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 18, 2025.

7 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 11, 2023: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games

    “Based on information gathered, an employee was using a cell phone while caring for children.”

    Rule 746.1203(3)(D). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 4, 2023.

  • Pre-service Training for Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months

    “A caregiver in the infant room did not have pre-service training in the following topics: (1) Recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma, (2) Understanding and using safe sleep practices and preventing sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and (3) Understanding early childhood brain development.”

    Rule 746.1305(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 19, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 2, 2023.

Sep 27, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

    “The youngest child in the room was 11 months and the oldest child was 5 leaving more than an 18 month age gap.”

    Rule 746.1605. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 29, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 14, 2022.

  • Child/Caregiver Ratio - Opening/Closing

    “Children under 18 months were grouped with older children during the opening time of the operation.”

    Rule 746.1615. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 29, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 14, 2022.

Jan 14, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups

    “There were several packets of breastmilk stored for one infant and all packets were not individually labled with the child’s first name, last initial as required. *This was corrected at inspection when the packets were labeled correctly and stored.”

    Rule 746.2419(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 14, 2022.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “The feeding instruction for 5 infants were not up to date as January 2022. One of the 5 feeding instructions was last updated in October 2021. Three of the 5 feeding instructions were last updated in November 2021. One of the 5 feeding instructions was last updated in December 2021.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 18, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 21, 2022.

Jan 4, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency

  • AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization

    “The operation was made aware that a child was seen by a doctor after an incident that occurred while in care on 12/16/2021. The operation failed to report the incident to Child Care Regulations (Licensing).”

    Rule 746.305(a)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 14, 2022.

All 15 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 2, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Sep 10, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 17, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jun 13, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 13, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Nov 15, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Nov 28, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 11, 2023Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Apr 7, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Dec 2, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Oct 14, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Sep 29, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Sep 27, 2022Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Jan 14, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jan 4, 2022Report to the state1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued May 23, 2005.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 80 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

  • No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
  • 6 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 24, 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 24, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 8 child care providers in Lee County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 3.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

8 of the 8 in Lee County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Immanuel Early Childhood Center3
Joyce Escalante0
Pamela WatkinsNot given
St. Paul Lutheran Early Childhood Center8
Jeff Dock Child Development Center0
Martin Luther Lutheran Church Day School This child care provider3
Little House on the Corner12
My Friends House Day School1
Solid Rock Daycare1

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 24, 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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