Bethany Preschool
A licensed child care center in Fredericksburg, Texas 78624
110 W Austin St, Fredericksburg, Texas 78624. (830) 997-8751.
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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 Gillespie County: 5.5
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 15 inspections on record
- 3-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 10 child care providers in Gillespie County had 5.5.
15 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 26, 2026: outcome pending.
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children responsible for, at the report to the state on Aug 7, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on Sep 8, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
13 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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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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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.
Aug 7, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children responsible for
“During the investigation, it was determined a child was left unattended in the building for 25 minutes due to caregivers not maintaining accurate attendance and conducting a visual sweep of the restroom before exiting the building.”
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Care Requirements for School-age - Caregiver Aware of Arrival/Departure
“Due to a cellular power outage, the operation was not able to maintain their electronic attendance and did not have a backup attendance process in place to account for the children present preventing the operation from being aware of the arrival of children.”
Jul 7, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Additional Minimum Qualifications for Caregivers - Age Requirement
“A caregiver that was under the age of 18 years was observed in direct supervision of two children. NOTE: The children were moved during the inspection to be supervised by a qualified caregiver.”
Mar 12, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies
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Administering Medication - Original Container with Child’s Name, Date
“A child with medication kept at the operation was not in the original prescription box.”
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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
“Upon review of the operation’s people list, it was determined that there were 5 employees with active background checks who were no longer with the operation.”
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Documented Annual Training - Remaining training hour topics
“10 staff training files were evaluated. 4 staff were missing training on medication administration and 3 staff were missing training on emergency preparedness.”
Sep 8, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“Based on a DFPS investigation, the operation failed to report to the Texas Abuse and Neglect Hotline or Child Care Regulation regarding an allegation received that a child may have been abused.”
Jul 15, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
“Three out of ten employee files evaluated had not completed 24 hours of annual training for the employee evaluation year reviewed.”
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
“One caregiver had an expired first aid training certificate that expired 6/2025.”
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
“One caregiver had an expired CPR certificate that expired 6/2025.”
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“The last sanitation inspection report was dated 4/16/2024.”
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Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal
“The operation last had a fire inspection on 5/7/2024.”
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Medication No Longer Used
“Medication kept at the operation expired in March 2025 and May 2025 for three children.”
4 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 12, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
“A caregiver was observed sitting on top of a picnic bench on the playground using a cell phone.”
Oct 10, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“A 3 year old child was left unattended in the restroom for approximately 8 minutes when the classroom exited the building and went outside to the playground.”
Aug 23, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Must Use for Each Child in When Transporting and be Properly Installed
“One rear seat belt does not retract and can not securely restrain a child in the seat. NOTE: Maintenance fixed the seat belt during the inspection.”
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Documented Annual Training- Required Content
“4 out of 10 staff training records reviewed were missing training in the following topic areas: emergency preparedness; preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, including immunizations; administering medication; preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction; building and physical premises safety; and handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials.”
All 20 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | Inspection | Outcome pending |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 20, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 7, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 3, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 8, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 8, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Inspection | 6 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 9, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 12, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 10, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 11, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 3, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 23, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 24, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 5, 1985.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 130 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.
- 5 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: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 10 child care providers in Gillespie County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 5.5; this one had 13.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Kindernest Montessori School | 3 |
| Eloina Martinez-Rios | Not given |
| Olivia Rivera | 29 |
| Mini Miracles Learning Center | 13 |
| Little Peaches Learning Center | 18 |
| Little Hearts Child Development Center | 5 |
| Wildflower Learning Center LLC | 0 |
| Fredericksburg Community Preschool | 6 |
| Christy Williams | Not given |
| Missy’s Child Care | 2 |
| Bethany Preschool This child care provider | 13 |
| Harper Community Preschool | 1 |
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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