Joy of Learning Center Child Development Center
Licensed Center in Austin, Texas. License #544457, issued December 10, 1999.
- Address
- 12300 Amherst Dr, Austin, TX 78727
- Phone
- (512) 832-8882
- Licensed capacity
- 39 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Field Trips.
Openings
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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 3,910 standards at Joy of Learning Center Child Development Center between May 17, 2022 and October 1, 2026 and recorded 8 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 | 365 | 2 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 334 | 1 |
| Personnel | 4 | 626 | 1 |
| 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 | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 204 | 1 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,903 of those standards. The remaining 7, including 2 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 7 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 1, 2026, and 8 citations.
- 1High
- 3Medium High
- 4Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 8. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium December 11, 2024 Correction verified December 23, 2024
746.501(a)(18)(F): Written Operational Policies - Criteria for Extreme Weather
A policy to determine extreme weather was not available for review
- Medium December 11, 2024 Correction verified December 23, 2024
746.5204: Coordination of Implementation of Emergency Preparedness Plan
An emergency preparedness plan was not available for review.
- Medium December 11, 2024 Correction verified December 23, 2024
746.603(a)(2): Children's Records - Admission Information
Not all required information was included in the children's admission information
- Medium December 11, 2024 Correction verified December 23, 2024
746.501(a)(30): Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services
A policy for procedures for inclusive services was not available for review.
- High December 11, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.1205(a)(1): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children responsible for
Caregivers were not aware of how many children they had in care. Three caregivers had to count the children in order to report how many they were responsible for.
- Medium High February 8, 2024 Correction verified February 12, 2024
746.3401(b): Annual Sanitation Inspection - Conducted Local Sanitation Official
An annual Sanitation Inspection was not available for review.
- Medium High April 25, 2023 Correction verified April 27, 2023
746.3701(10): Safety - Televisions Anchored to Prevent Tip Over
Observed a TV in the preschool classroom that was not anchored to the cart.
- Medium High May 17, 2022 Corrected at inspection
746.2407: Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
3 infants were observed sitting in highchairs without the safety straps fastened. This was corrected when the infants were taken out of the high chairs.
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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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