Brilliant Starts Learning Academy
Licensed Center in New Braunfels, Texas. License #1349966, issued February 8, 2012.
- Address
- 2101 Fm 1101, New Braunfels, TX 78130
- Phone
- (830) 708-2752
- Licensed capacity
- 145 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- brilliantstarts.com
Programs listed with the state: Snacks Provided, Skill Classes.
Openings
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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 December 23, 2025. From the state's provider report of September 17, 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 4,398 standards at Brilliant Starts Learning Academy between March 28, 2022 and June 18, 2026 and recorded 15 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 | 358 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 440 | 0 |
| Personnel | 3 | 442 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 140 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 267 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 80 | 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 | 4 | 179 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 451 | 3 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 299 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 4 | 181 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,360 of those standards. The remaining 38, including 12 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 28 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on June 22, 2026, and 15 citations.
One of those visits began with Brilliant Starts Learning Academy reporting something to the state itself rather than HHSC finding it. We publish that because it is part of the record and the state records it separately, not because it is good or bad: a program with none may have had nothing to report. 3,674 of the 12,933 programs listed here have at least one.
- 3High
- 8Medium High
- 3Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 15. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High June 2, 2026 Corrected at inspection
746.2419(6): Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups
There were a few bottles in the infant rooms that were not labeled correctly with the first name and last initial. This was CORRECTED when the caregiver labeled the bottles.
- Medium High June 2, 2026 Correction verified June 17, 2026
746.3417(1): Children Handwashing Before Eating
The caregivers did not wash the children's hands before allowing them to eat snack.
- Medium High June 2, 2026 Correction verified June 17, 2026
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The last health inspection was conducted in January 2025.
- Medium Low July 2, 2025 Correction verified July 11, 2025
746.901(5): Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)
The required affidavit was not available for review from employees.
- Medium High February 5, 2025 Correction verified February 10, 2025
746.1309(d): Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required
One infant teacher did not have a current SIDS training available for review.
- Medium February 5, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.3809: Medication No Longer Used
Two forms of medication were expired. This was corrected when the director disposed of the medication.
- Medium January 10, 2025 Correction verified February 5, 2025
746.2907(a): Alternate Activity for Non-sleeping Children
Based on the video, a caregiver continued to put a child back on his mat after awakening before naptime was over.
- High January 10, 2025 Correction verified February 5, 2025
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
Based on the video, a caregiver yanked a child by one arm while walking the child back to his mat. Further, the caregiver picks up the child in an unacceptable manner and places the child on the mat a second time by one arm and one leg. Note: The operation immediately terminated the caregiver.
- High September 18, 2024 Correction verified November 25, 2024
746.2805(5): Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
Based on the interviews conducted, the operation admitted to having an employee that used a loud tone with the children. This employee was retrained and the director modeled in the classroom how to talk to the children in a loving, soothing tone. When the director noticed the employee was not taking the retraining serious is when the teacher was terminated. The operation was proactive when the director would model in the classroom for the teacher on how to redirect children without using a loud tone.
- Medium High May 2, 2024 Correction verified May 28, 2024
746.3407: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
Based on the interviews and inspection, a room was observed to have dried food on the children's chairs, children's fingerprints and grime on the front of the refrigerator, a dirty mat and dirt on a play equipment in the room accessible to children. A caregiver started on these corrections during the visit.
- Medium High April 10, 2023 Corrected at inspection
746.3503(a): Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface
Three diaper changing pads were torn exposing the cushion inside. This was corrected when the director replaced them.
- Medium April 10, 2023 Correction verified April 14, 2023
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
Five out of eight written feeding instructions were not updated within the 30 days.
- Medium High April 10, 2023 Corrected at inspection
746.5205(1): Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
A fire drill was not conducted for the month of February and March. This was corrected during the inspection when the director conducted a fire drill with the children as the Licensing inspector observed.
- Medium High March 28, 2022 Correction verified May 20, 2022
746.1301(3)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric first aid with rescue breathing
During this investigation, it was noted that a caregiver had a CPR, First-aid card that expired in November of 2021. This was corrected when the caregiver received training on April 25, 2022.
- High March 28, 2022 Correction verified May 20, 2022
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
A caregiver/operation did not use good judgment when they did not notify a parent until the end of the day (around 3:30 pm) that their child had fallen outside around 10:52am hitting his head on a bench resulting in a bump/bruise on the forehead.
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About this record
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