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Bright Start Early Learning Center

At a glance

  • Small center, licensed for 20 children.

What the state has found

This state publishes the visits that cited something but not the ones that cited nothing, so there is no city rate to set this beside.

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Licensing inspections

  • Jan 13, 20252 citations
    • 746.901(9) - Required Personnel Records - Photo IdentificationMedium

      • “There was an employee that did not have their Identification Card in their file. Note: This was corrected at inspection when the director made a copy of the Identification card, and added it to the file.”

        746.901(9) - Required Personnel Records - Photo Identification

    • 746.901(4) - Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)Medium Low

      • “There was one file that did not have a notarized affidavit available for review.”

        746.901(4) - Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)

  • Jul 29, 20241 citation
    • 746.4307 - Fenced Outdoor Activity Space -Exits RequiredMedium

      • “There was only one way off the playground.”

        746.4307 - Fenced Outdoor Activity Space -Exits Required

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State record — Texas HHSC

Last visit
January 13, 2025
On file
2 visits since July 2024 — both cited findings
Most serious
Medium — There was an employee that did not have their Identification Card in their file. Note: This was corrected at inspection when the director made a copy of the Identification card, and added it to the file. · January 13, 2025

Texas HHSC describes each deficiency in writing and weights the standard behind it from high to low by the risk a violation presents to children. It publishes no inspection document.

Jan 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · January 13, 2025

746.901(9) - Required Personnel Records - Photo Identification · Medium

There was an employee that did not have their Identification Card in their file. Note: This was corrected at inspection when the director made a copy of the Identification card, and added it to the file.

746.901(4) - Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985) · Medium Low

There was one file that did not have a notarized affidavit available for review.

State licensing record

Jul 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · July 29, 2024

746.4307 - Fenced Outdoor Activity Space -Exits Required · Medium

There was only one way off the playground.

State licensing record

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Details

Phone
(737) 268-6401
Address
143 Roy Davis Rd, Elgin, 78621
License
1800641

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All checked July 2026.

State record

From Texas HHSC’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.

Details

Small means the smallest quarter of Austin-area’s 928 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 12 to 61 children. Medium is 62 to 153; large is 154 to 731.

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