A Bright Beginning Learning Center
Licensed Center in New Braunfels, Texas. License #1800428, issued February 21, 2025.
- Address
- 1278 Hillcrest Dr, New Braunfels, TX 78130
- Phone
- (830) 609-9151
- Licensed capacity
- 57 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, Snacks Provided.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 3-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since July 30, 2026. From the state's provider report of October 6, 2026.
Where this is
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What inspectors checked
Texas HHSC records how many individual standards it evaluated in each area of the rules, and how many it found violated. Across 22 areas it checked 3,839 standards at A Bright Beginning Learning Center between August 19, 2024 and June 22, 2026 and recorded 7 violations. Those correspond to the citations listed above that were recorded from 2021 onward; anything older than that is in the citation list but not in these counts.
The 22 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 3 | 386 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 340 | 1 |
| Personnel | 3 | 469 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 108 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 270 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 57 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 135 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 339 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 235 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 225 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 84 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 1 |
| Transportation | 3 | 147 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,823 of those standards. The remaining 16, including 3 of the violations, were recorded under the state's own catch-all heading, “Individual Standards Evaluated”, which names no area. They are reported here rather than folded into an area above, because the state did not say which area they belong to and we are not going to decide for it.
A high number of standards checked is not a compliment and a low one is not a criticism: how many apply depends on a program's size, its ages served and what the inspector was there to look at. We publish the two counts the state published and do not turn them into a score. This data begins in 2021, which is later than the inspection history above it.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 16 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on June 22, 2026, and 7 citations.
- 2High
- 4Medium High
- 1Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 7. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High May 7, 2026 Correction verified June 22, 2026
746.3301(i): Nutrition and Food Service - Must not serve identified foods to allergic child
Based on the information obtained during the investigation, there is sufficient evidence to validate that an infant was given diced pieces of hot dog that contained traces of pork resulting in an infant having a delayed allergic reaction the following day at home and had to be hospitalized.
- High February 2, 2026 Correction verified February 26, 2026
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The last fire inspection was conducted on December 30,2024, which a current one has not been set up.
- Medium High August 7, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.605(6): Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
Two out of six children's records did not have an address for the emergency contact. This was corrected when the director received the information.
- Medium High January 15, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.3407: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
A changing mat was observed to be torn making it unable to be properly sanitized. This was corrected when the changing mat was replaced with a new one. Several ceiling fans were observed with dust on the blades and vents. This was corrected when the fans and vents were cleaned.
- Medium High October 10, 2024 Correction verified November 5, 2024
746.3317(6): Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Use Sanitary Holders
The 18-2-year-old room was observed with lunch being served on a bare table for the children.
- Medium September 24, 2024 Correction verified October 22, 2024
746.2207(a): Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two
The opening room was observed this morning with the TV on and three of the children were under the age of two.
- High August 19, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.201(1): Policies Comply with Rules
When reviewing the handbook, numbers: 9,18,19,20 were not available for review. This was corrected when the director added the standards to the handbook.
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About this record
Every figure on this page comes from the Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation open data published at data.texas.gov, reproduced as the state recorded it. We do not grade, score or rank programs. A citation is a finding by a state inspector on a given day; it is not a judgment about a program today, and the correction status beside each one is part of the record. This page reflects data retrieved on November 8, 2026. Full methodology.
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