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Crayola Experience & Academy
Licensed child care center
128 N Roberts Rd
Cedar Hill, TX 75104
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- Provider Category
- Childcare
- Location
- Cedar Hill, TX
- Record Period
- 2022–2026
- Source Documents
- 13
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The Essentials
Summary
Across 12 licensing visits from August 2022 to March 2026, HHSC cited 16 deficiencies at Crayola Experience & Academy; 16 have a recorded correction.
- Visits
- 12
- 2022–2026, inspections, investigations and assessments
- Deficiencies
- 16
- Standards cited by HHSC inspectors
- Corrected
- 16
- Of 16 deficiencies, with a recorded correction date
- Investigations
- 1
- Licensing investigations, whatever prompted them
Deficiencies by Year
- Deficiencies
- Of which, high risk
* Partial year, through October 31, 2026.
| Year | Visits | Deficiencies | Of which, high risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the Record Shows
- 16 of 16 deficiencies have a recorded correction date.
- HHSC’s files name no enforcement action in this window. They say whether a program is under corrective or adverse action, not what the action was.
- 1 visit in this window included an investigation. HHSC publishes what an investigation cited, not what the report to it alleged.
- The latest inspection, March 5, 2026, recorded no deficiencies.
Report at a Glance
- Facility
- Crayola Experience & Academy
- Address
- 128 N Roberts Rd, Cedar Hill, TX 75104
- Operation Number
- TX-1707407
- License Type
- Licensed child care center
- Licensed Capacity
- 30 children
- Permit
- Full Permit
- Ages Served
- infants, toddlers, pre-kindergarten, school age
- Hours
- Mon–Fri, 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
- Record Window
- November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2026
Chronology
Inspection History
Every visit in the record window, newest first. A deficiency is a licensing standard Texas inspectors found was not met. HHSC publishes what an investigation cited, not what the report to it alleged.
- 2026
Inspection
No deficiencies
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905134940
- 2025
Inspection
1 deficiency
- 746.2911Adequate Lighting During NaptimeMedium-high riskCorrected Mar 25, 2025
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905134939
- 2025
Inspection
5 deficiencies
- 746.1203(4)Provide care consistent with child's habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needsMedium-high riskCorrected Mar 13, 2025
- 746.2203(b)Written Activity Plans - Plan Followed by CaregiverMedium riskCorrected Mar 13, 2025
- 746.605(6)Required Admission Information - Emergency ContactMedium-high riskCorrected Mar 13, 2025
- 746.2206(1)(A)Written Activity Plan - Outdoor Play - Infant Birth to 12 MonthsMedium riskCorrected Mar 13, 2025
- 746.1311(e)Director Annual Training - Additional required topicsMedium riskCorrected Mar 20, 2025
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905134938
- 2025
Inspection
No deficiencies
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905134937
- 2025
Inspection
2 deficiencies
- 746.4313(2)Additional Requirements For Outdoor Activity Space Not Connected To Center - Written Plan for SupervisionMedium-high riskCorrected Jan 7, 2025
- 746.4215(a)Share Indoor Activity Space With Written PlanMedium-high riskCorrected Jan 7, 2025
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905134936
- 2024
Inspection
1 deficiency
- 746.3313(2)Daily Menus - May Rotate if Keep Record of Dates Menus UsedMedium riskCorrected May 29, 2024
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905134935
- 2024
Inspection
No deficiencies
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905134934
- 2024
Investigation
No deficiencies
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905232815
- 2023
Inspection
3 deficiencies
- 746.1301(a)(6)(A)Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 30 Annual TrainingMedium-high riskCorrected Jul 20, 2023
- 746.1315(b)Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPRMedium-high riskCorrected Jul 11, 2023
- 746.1315(a)Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.Medium-high riskCorrected Jul 11, 2023
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905134933
- 2023
Assessment
1 deficiency
- 746.301(6)Notification of Change in Hours, Days, Months of OperationMedium riskCorrected Jun 28, 2023
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905253664
- 2023
Assessment
1 deficiency
- 746.303(b)Report Number of EmployeesMedium-low riskCorrected Jan 24, 2023
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905253663
- 2022
Inspection
2 deficiencies
- 746.3313(1)Daily Menus - Record Comparable SubstitutionsMedium riskCorrected Aug 2, 2022
- 746.3313(2)Daily Menus - May Rotate if Keep Record of Dates Menus UsedMedium riskCorrected Aug 2, 2022
Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905134932
Texas gives every licensing standard one of five risk levels, from low to high, by how likely a deficiency is to harm a child.
Context
Patterns Worth Examining
A repeated citation can merit attention, but context and corrective action must be reviewed before drawing a conclusion.
- 1
Daily Menus - May Rotate if Keep Record of Dates Menus Used, Cited in Two Visits
HHSC inspectors cited 746.3313(2) in August 2022 and May 2024. The agency describes it this way: Daily Menus - May Rotate if Keep Record of Dates Menus Used. None rose above medium risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.
222323232424242525252526746.3313(2) across all 12 visits, oldest to newest
For Your Next Visit
Questions to Ask on Your Visit
Bring these to the tour. Each one comes from something in the record; the reason is under the question.
- 01
What changed after 746.3313(2) was cited, and how do you check it now?
Daily Menus - May Rotate if Keep Record of Dates Menus Used: cited in two visits, most seriously at medium risk.
- 02
What is the ratio in the room my child would join, and how is every child accounted for at nap time, pickup and on the playground?
Ratios change through the day, so they are worth counting yourself on a visit.
- 03
Has the center ever been under corrective or adverse action, and what changed afterward?
HHSC’s files name no enforcement action in this window. They say whether a program is under corrective or adverse action, not what the action was.
The Evidence
Sources and Coverage
Program details, licensing visits and the deficiencies cited at each are published by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's Child Care Regulation in its daily files on data.texas.gov.
- Child Care Licensing operations (data.texas.gov)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 1707407
Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905134932
Visit Aug 2, 2022 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905253663
Visit Jan 20, 2023 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905253664
Visit Jun 28, 2023 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905134933
Visit Jul 6, 2023 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905232815
Visit Apr 4, 2024 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905134934
Visit Apr 18, 2024 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905134935
Visit May 29, 2024 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905134936
Visit Jan 7, 2025 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905134937
Visit Feb 3, 2025 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905134938
Visit Mar 13, 2025 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905134939
Visit Mar 25, 2025 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)View Dataset ↗
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905134940
Visit Mar 5, 2026 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
Coverage
Record windowNovember 1, 2021 – October 31, 2026
- This record is HHSC's list of operations as of October 2026, with the inspections, investigations and assessments in HHSC's files, which run from November 2021.
- Listed family homes (one caregiver with up to three unrelated children, listed with HHSC but not inspected on a schedule) are not in this record.
- HHSC's narrative for each deficiency is left out because it can name children, parents and staff; the rule cited, its risk level and the correction dates are kept.
What This Report Cannot Tell You
- Inspector narratives
- Published by HHSC but left out of this record because they can name people.
- Enforcement actions
- HHSC's files say whether an operation is under corrective or adverse action, not what the action was.
- Complaints not investigated
- Reports HHSC screened out without an investigation are not published.
- Staff qualifications and turnover
- Not part of the published licensing record.
Historical coverage varies by agency and location. Missing records do not mean that no complaint or violation occurred.
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