The Vardell Report.Shining Stars Montessori LLC

Across 16 licensing visits from September 2022 to October 2026, HHSC cited 33 deficiencies at Shining Stars Montessori LLC; 33 have a recorded correction.

Visits

16

2022–2026, inspections, investigations and assessments

Deficiencies

33

Standards cited by HHSC inspectors

Corrected

33

Of 33 deficiencies, with a recorded correction date

Investigations

1

Licensing investigations, whatever prompted them

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.

1. Oct 302026

   Inspection

   No deficiencies

   Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905125047

2. Sep 22026

   Inspection

   No deficiencies

   Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905125046

3. Jun 252026

   Inspection

   No deficiencies

   Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905125045

4. May 192026

   Inspection

   No deficiencies

   Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905125044

5. May 162026

   Investigation

   1 deficiency

   • 746.3501(2)Diaper Changing Steps- Cleanse Child with Individual ClothsMedium-high riskCorrected Jun 12, 2026

   Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905228590

6. Mar 312026

   Inspection

   No deficiencies

   Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905125043

7. Dec 102025

   Inspection

   4 deficiencies

   • 746.801(10)Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Documentation for Emergency Drills, Fire Extinguishers, & Smoke DetectorsMedium riskCorrected Dec 10, 2025
   • 746.3819Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care ProfessionalMedium-high riskCorrected Dec 19, 2025
   • 746.3809Medication No Longer UsedMedium riskCorrected Jan 7, 2026
   • 746.605(15)Required Admission Information-Child's allergies and Completed Food Allergy PlanMedium-high riskCorrected Dec 19, 2025

   Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905125042

8. Sep 112025

   Inspection

   1 deficiency

   • 746.1301(a)(5)(A)Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual trainingMedium-high riskCorrected Sep 26, 2025

   Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905125041

9. Jul 172025

   Inspection

   1 deficiency

   • 746.5101(a)Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 MonthsHigh riskCorrected Jul 31, 2025

   Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905125040

10. Jun 272025

    Inspection

    1 deficiency

    • 746.3805(b)(1)Administering Medication - Original Container with Child's Name, DateMedium-high riskCorrected Jul 11, 2025

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905125039

11. Jun 32025

    Inspection

    2 deficiencies

    • 745.621(a)(2)AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someoneHigh riskCorrected Jun 3, 2025
    • 746.603(a)(3)Children's Records - Health StatementMedium riskCorrected Jun 13, 2025

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905125038

12. May 212025

    Inspection

    9 deficiencies

    • 746.1301(a)(3)(A)Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue BreathingMedium-high riskCorrected Jun 4, 2025
    • 746.1105(4)Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2912)Low riskCorrected May 21, 2025
    • 746.1105(3)Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2985)Low riskCorrected May 28, 2025
    • 746.901(2)Required Personnel Records- Meets RequirementsMedium riskCorrected May 28, 2025
    • 746.201(8)Liability Insurance MaintainedMedium riskCorrected May 21, 2025
    • 746.5319Smoke Detectors TestingHigh riskCorrected May 21, 2025
    • 746.1301(a)(2)(A)Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service TrainingMedium-high riskCorrected May 28, 2025
    • 746.1301(a)(4)(A)Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric CPRMedium-high riskCorrected Jun 4, 2025
    • 746.1301(a)(1)(A)Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - OrientationMedium-high riskCorrected May 28, 2025

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905125037

13. May 72025

    Inspection

    11 deficiencies

    • 746.1301(a)(3)(A)Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue BreathingMedium-high riskCorrected May 21, 2025
    • 746.605(6)Required Admission Information - Emergency ContactMedium-high riskCorrected May 14, 2025
    • 746.3401(a)Annual Sanitation InspectionMedium-high riskCorrected Jun 15, 2025
    • 746.3803(b)Medication Authorization Expires on First AnniversaryMedium-high riskCorrected May 7, 2025
    • 746.1301(a)(6)(A)Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 30 Annual TrainingMedium-high riskCorrected Jun 6, 2025
    • 746.1301(a)(5)(A)Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual trainingMedium-high riskCorrected Jun 6, 2025
    • 746.603(a)(3)Children's Records - Health StatementMedium riskCorrected May 21, 2025
    • 746.1301(a)(4)(A)Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric CPRMedium-high riskCorrected May 21, 2025
    • 746.3805(b)(1)Administering Medication - Original Container with Child's Name, DateMedium-high riskCorrected Jun 9, 2025
    • 746.1205(a)(4)Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activityHigh riskCorrected May 7, 2025
    • 746.3417(3)Children Handwashing After Toileting or DiaperingMedium-high riskCorrected May 7, 2025

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905125036

14. May 302024

    Inspection

    2 deficiencies

    • 746.1315(b)(1)CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill basedMedium-high riskCorrected Jun 27, 2024
    • 746.5101(a)Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 MonthsHigh riskCorrected Jul 1, 2024

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905125035

15. Aug 212023

    Inspection

    1 deficiency

    • 746.611(b)Health Statement on File within 1 Week of AdmissionMedium riskCorrected Sep 5, 2023

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905125034

16. Sep 212022

    Inspection

    No deficiencies

    Source: Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x), 905125033

Texas gives every licensing standard one of five risk levels, from low to high, by how likely a deficiency is to harm a child.

A repeated citation can merit attention, but context and corrective action must be reviewed before drawing a conclusion.

1. 1

   Citation 746.1301(a)(3)(A), Cited in Two Visits

   HHSC inspectors cited 746.1301(a)(3)(A) in May 2025 and May 2025. The agency describes it this way: Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing. None rose above medium-high risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

   22232425252525252525262626262626746.1301(a)(3)(A) across all 16 visits, oldest to newest
2. 2

   Citation 746.1301(a)(4)(A), Cited in Two Visits

   HHSC inspectors cited 746.1301(a)(4)(A) in May 2025 and May 2025. The agency describes it this way: Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric CPR. None rose above medium-high risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

   22232425252525252525262626262626746.1301(a)(4)(A) across all 16 visits, oldest to newest
3. 3

   Citation 746.1301(a)(5)(A), Cited in Two Visits

   HHSC inspectors cited 746.1301(a)(5)(A) in May 2025 and September 2025. The agency describes it this way: Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training. None rose above medium-high risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

   22232425252525252525262626262626746.1301(a)(5)(A) across all 16 visits, oldest to newest
4. 4

   Citation 746.3805(b)(1), Cited in Two Visits

   HHSC inspectors cited 746.3805(b)(1) in May 2025 and June 2025. The agency describes it this way: Administering Medication - Original Container with Child's Name, Date. None rose above medium-high risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

   22232425252525252525262626262626746.3805(b)(1) across all 16 visits, oldest to newest
5. 5

   Citation 746.5101(a), Cited in Two Visits

   HHSC inspectors cited 746.5101(a) in May 2024 and July 2025. The agency describes it this way: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months. The most serious of these was recorded at high risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

   22232425252525252525262626262626746.5101(a) across all 16 visits, oldest to newest
6. 6

   Children's Records - Health Statement, Cited in Two Visits

   HHSC inspectors cited 746.603(a)(3) in May 2025 and June 2025. The agency describes it this way: Children's Records - Health Statement. None rose above medium risk. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

   22232425252525252525262626262626746.603(a)(3) across all 16 visits, oldest to newest

Bring these to the tour. Each one comes from something in the record; the reason is under the question.

1. 01

   What changed after 746.1301(a)(3)(A) was cited, and how do you check it now?

   Citation 746.1301(a)(3)(A): cited in two visits, most seriously at medium-high risk.

2. 02

   What changed after 746.1301(a)(4)(A) was cited, and how do you check it now?

   Citation 746.1301(a)(4)(A): cited in two visits, most seriously at medium-high risk.

3. 03

   What changed after 746.1301(a)(5)(A) was cited, and how do you check it now?

   Citation 746.1301(a)(5)(A): cited in two visits, most seriously at medium-high risk.

4. 04

   What changed after 746.3805(b)(1) was cited, and how do you check it now?

   Citation 746.3805(b)(1): cited in two visits, most seriously at medium-high risk.

5. 05

   What changed after 746.5101(a) was cited, and how do you check it now?

   Citation 746.5101(a): cited in two visits, including high-risk standards.

6. 06

   What changed after 746.603(a)(3) was cited, and how do you check it now?

   Children's Records - Health Statement: cited in two visits, most seriously at medium risk.

7. 07

   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.

8. 08

   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.

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)

  Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 1689770

  Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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• Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

  Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905125033

  Visit Sep 21, 2022 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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• Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

  Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905125034

  Visit Aug 21, 2023 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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• Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

  Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905125035

  Visit May 30, 2024 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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• Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

  Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905125036

  Visit May 7, 2025 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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• Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

  Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905125037

  Visit May 21, 2025 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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• Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

  Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905125038

  Visit Jun 3, 2025 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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• Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

  Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905125039

  Visit Jun 27, 2025 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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• Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

  Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905125040

  Visit Jul 17, 2025 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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• Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

  Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905125041

  Visit Sep 11, 2025 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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• Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

  Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905125042

  Visit Dec 10, 2025 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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• Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

  Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905125043

  Visit Mar 31, 2026 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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• Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

  Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905228590

  Visit May 16, 2026 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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• Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

  Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905125044

  Visit May 19, 2026 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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• Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

  Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905125045

  Visit Jun 25, 2026 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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• Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

  Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905125046

  Visit Sep 2, 2026 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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• Inspection, investigation or assessment, with the deficiencies cited (data.texas.gov: m5q4-3y3d and tqgd-mf4x)

  Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation · 905125047

  Visit Oct 30, 2026 · Published Oct 31, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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Historical coverage varies by agency and location. Missing records do not mean that no complaint or violation occurred.

Data architecture: Cierto supplies the source-backed machine-readable bundle. Life by Vardell independently creates the narrative, design, and consumer report.