Smart Kids Learning Center
A licensed child care center in Weslaco, Texas 78596
217 S Indiana Ave, Weslaco, Texas 78596. (956) 351-5522.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.
- 12 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Hidalgo County: 3
- 3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 8 inspections on record
- 2-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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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?
12 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County had 3.
8 inspections on record. The latest, on Mar 25, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization, at the inspection on Jul 8, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Required Admission Information - Release Information, at the inspection on Jul 8, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the inspection on Jul 9, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
12 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 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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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 Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Jul 8, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization
“Out of the children’s files reviewed, 2 were lacking parent signature for emergency medical care.”
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Required Admission Information - Release Information
“Out of the children’s records reviewed, 1 had incomplete information for the person authorized to pick up the children.”
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Required Admission Information - Physician Information
“Out of the children’s files reviewed, 2 of the files reviewed had incomplete Dr’s or hosptial information.”
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Required Health Statement - Signed affidavit from parent stating medical diagnosis and treatment conflict with religious beliefs
“There were 3 files that did not have a health statement on file. The parent did not sign to confirm this information which would have provided time to obtain something in writing from the Dr which indicates that the child is healthy enough to participate in daycare activities.”
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records
“There were no staff file and training hours available for review.”
Dec 16, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Background Check Validation - You must inactivate a subject who is no longer associated with your operation within 7 days of leaving
“There is one person listed as active on the people and is no longer employed at the operation.”
Jul 9, 2024: inspection6 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“The caregiver did not use good judgement by allowing 2 older children (ages 3-4) to sleep in high chairs as a way to keep them from crawling or walking on the children who are napping.”
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Naptime Child/Caregiver Ratio - Caregivers Physically Present
“There was one caregiver supervising 2 rooms. One room was the infant room and the other room was where 2 children were napping (away from all others)”
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Complying with Laws and Rules
“The permit holder is not ensuring that minimum standards are being properly followed by staff as children are being placed in dark rooms in high chairs to sleep.”
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Adequate Lighting During Naptime
“There was not enough lighting in any of the classrooms where the children were napping”
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“There is no current health inspection. The last one was completed on 7/3/23.”
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“There is a wood panel along the fence that is no longer attached and is causing a gap which could allow a small child to crawl through or an animal to get into the playground. There was also a lil tykes play structure that was crack near an opening. The crack could allow a child’s finger or clothing to get stuck and cause an injury to the child. (NOTE:Pictures on file)”
3 deficiencies older than three years
Jul 12, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
“Out of all children’s records reviewed 2 had incomplete information for the person to contact in case of an emergency. (NOTE: Corrected during inspection as the parent was called for the missing information. )”
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Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit
“One of the staff files was missing the required affidavit.”
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Required Personnel Records - TB Test
“Out of the staff records reviewed, 2 had no verification of a TB test.”
All 8 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 16, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 25, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 9, 2024 | Inspection | 6 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 12, 2023 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 23, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 22, 2011.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 38 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 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 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 Oct 31, 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 2, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 479 child care providers in Hidalgo County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 12.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Smart Kids Learning Center This child care provider | 12 |
| The Growing Patch Early Learning Center | 9 |
| Bess Knapp Child Development and Child Care | 0 |
| The Learning Corner | 4 |
| Children’s Footprints Learning Center | 3 |
| Westgate Learning Academy | 2 |
| Little Lions Learning Center | 5 |
| Lollipops and Dragons, LLC | 3 |
| Little Adventurers Child Development Center, LLC | 1 |
| Maelee’s Learning Academy #2 | 4 |
| Fox Tree Learning Center | 1 |
| Maelee’s Learning Academy | 5 |
| Maelee’s Learning Academy 3 | 3 |
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 Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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