Bright Beginnings
Licensed Child-Care Home in Amarillo, Texas. License #1793113, issued October 22, 2024.
- Address
- 4402 Beacon Rd, Amarillo, TX 79118
- Phone
- (806) 443-1990
- Licensed capacity
- 12 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:35 AM-05:45 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Part Time Care.
Openings
This program has not told us about its openings. We only publish what a program confirms itself, so there is nothing here yet. Ring them to ask.
Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 4-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since October 16, 2026. From the state's provider report of October 16, 2026.
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 21 areas it checked 4,045 standards at Bright Beginnings between February 9, 2024 and August 28, 2026 and recorded 3 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 21 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 4 | 382 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 375 | 0 |
| Personnel | 4 | 543 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 5 | 155 | 0 |
| Activities | 5 | 165 | 0 |
| Infants | 5 | 395 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 76 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 68 | 0 |
| Discipline | 5 | 95 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 48 | 0 |
| Nutrition | 3 | 132 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 330 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 312 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 172 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety and equipment | 4 | 276 | 0 |
| Swimming pools | 3 | 75 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 156 | 1 |
| Transportation | 3 | 117 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,032 of those standards. The remaining 13, including 1 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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Tell me about new inspections
One short message each time Texas HHSC records an inspection here, saying that it happened and linking to the record. We do not tell you what the inspector found: a finding without whether it was corrected is misleading, and that pair belongs on the page rather than split across an email.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 10 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on August 28, 2026, and 3 citations.
- 1High
- 2Medium High
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 3. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High October 3, 2025 Correction verified October 6, 2025
747.5103: Must Have at Least One 3A-40BC Dry Chemical Fire Extinguisher or Fire Extinguisher Approved by Fire Marshal
The fire extinguisher in the home was empty.
- Medium High March 27, 2024 Corrected at inspection
747.3501: Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
The outdoor play area had multiple dog feces that had not been picked up and pose a hazard to children when the attend. **This was corrected at inspection when the applicant picked up all the dog feces in the yard and threw them away.
- High February 9, 2024 Correction verified February 13, 2024
HRC42.041(a): Illegal Operation - Not Licensed
Based on evidence obtained, the allegation support that childcare services was being provided to seven unrelated children in her home without the proper licensed childcare permit.
Do you have a child enrolled here?
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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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