Academy Christian School
A licensed child care center in Springtown, Texas 76082
1300 W Highway 199, Springtown, Texas 76082. (817) 438-6324.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 13 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Parker County: 1
- 3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 20 inspections on record
- 2-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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?
13 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 60 child care providers in Parker County had 1.
20 inspections on record. The latest, on Jul 22, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Dec 15, 2025
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 Feb 28, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Policies Comply with Rules, at the inspection on Nov 16, 2023
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
8 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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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.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Dec 15, 2025: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“A child was pulled through the hallway of the operation by the previous director.”
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Director Responsibilities - Employees Comply with Standards
“The previous director failed to comply with standards by conducting prohibited punishments and not ensuring parents were notified according to standards.”
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Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries
“The operation failed to notify parents of less serious injuries when the parents pick up their children from the child-care center.”
Feb 28, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“Operation allowed staff member to be present at the operation without the correct background check for a staff worker present with children. Caregiver was present with children throughout the operation.”
Oct 22, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“Operation did not have an annual Environmental Health inspection.”
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Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal
“Operation did not have an annual Fire inspection.”
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees’ Attendance
“Director did not have attendance records or time sheets listing all days and hours worked.”
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Liability Insurance
“Liability Insurance was not made available during inspection.”
Nov 16, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies
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Policies Comply with Rules
“Operational policies were not updated to the new standards.”
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“One caregiver was over ratio with 6 infants. Infant room had a specified age 14 months”
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Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
“Food allergy emergency plan was not signed by a parent.”
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“Operation did not conduct a monthly drill in the month of October.”
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Electronic or Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Detector-Check All Detectors Monthly
“Operation has not tested carbon monoxide detection system monthly.”
17 deficiencies older than three years
Jan 19, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
“At the time of inspection, 1 child with a noted food allergy did not have a food allergy plan on file.”
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Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal
“At the time of inspection, the annual fire inspection had not been conducted for 2022. The last fire inspection conducted was dated 6/7/21.”
Mar 9, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Written Activity Plan - Active and Quiet Play Opportunities
“Children observed walking around with no activities and not enough outdoor toys for children to play with.”
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Storage for Individual Belongings
“Storage space was not clearly labeled with the child s name, a photograph of the child, or other symbol the child recognizes as his own.”
Jan 5, 2022: inspection7 deficiencies
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Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children
“Lysol bottle was in the children’s bathroom inside a cabinet unlocked and open.”
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Nutrition and Food Service - Drinking Water Available and Served
“Water was not served or offer during snack in the infant room.”
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Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
“Operation does not have food allergy emergency plan for an infant and toddler.”
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Posting Requirements - Child’s Food Allergy Plans
“18-24 month old classroom did not have children alllergies posted.”
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Written Activity Plan - Active and Quiet Play Opportunities
“Children observed walking around with no activities and outdoor toys were not brought outside for children to play with”
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Activities for Toddlers - Provide Large Muscle Development
“Children ages 18-24 months and 2 years old were observed crawling under a play structure designed for ages 3 and up.”
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Storage for Individual Belongings
“There were no storage for each child’s belongs and storage area was not labeled for each child.”
Nov 17, 2021: inspection3 deficiencies
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AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions
“The operation violated conditions listed on the employee’s provisional eligibility letter. The employee was the sole caregiver and was left alone with a group of children.”
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Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
“A child was left outside for about 1-2 minutes on the playground.”
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Complying with Laws and Rules
“Permit holder allowed caregiver to be the primary caregiver supervising children alone which is against the caregiver’s provisional status.”
Nov 15, 2021: inspection3 deficiencies
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Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device
“Director/ caregiver allowed an infant to sleep in a restrictive device (bouncer).”
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“One caregiver was supervising 6 infants in the age ratio 0-11 months. One caregiver was supervising 17 toddlers in the age ratio 18-24 months.”
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Complying with Laws and Rules
“Permit holder allowed infant room to be out of ratio a second time and failed to correct the concern regarding ratio.”
All 24 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 31, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 27, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 22, 2024 | Inspection | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 29, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 16, 2023 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 25, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 16, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 15, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 19, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 5, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 9, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 5, 2022 | Inspection | 7 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 3, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 1, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 19, 2021 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 17, 2021 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 24, 2009.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten.
- Capacity: 43 children.
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.
- 4 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
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?
- Texas Rising Star: 2-Star (the first of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 60 child care providers in Parker County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 13.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Springtown Early Learning Center | 1 |
| Jennifer Kniffin | 0 |
| Bre’s Busy Bee’s Learning Center LLC | 11 |
| South Oaks Learning Center II | 2 |
| School House Extended Care Goshen | 0 |
| Lindsey Hausman | Not given |
| Schoolhouse Extended Care Springtown | 1 |
| Academy Christian School This child care provider | 13 |
| South Bowie Day Care Center | 5 |
| The Lil Learning Center | 2 |
| The Academy in Willow Park | 6 |
| Bhavna S Maniedeo | 0 |
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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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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