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Licensed Child Care Home · Houston, TX 77038

Touch Of Class Day Care

Operation name as registered with Texas HHSC, permit no. 1283686.

Between Oct 20, 2021 and Oct 20, 2026, the state cited Touch Of Class Day Care for 27 deficiencies — the Texas HHSC term for rule violations — over 7 routine inspections; 5 were under rules the state weights High. The rule cited most often here is 747.1309 (3 times, most recently Sep 26, 2025).

The state lists Touch Of Class Day Care as serving infant, toddler, pre-kindergarten, and school-age children, open 06:00 AM to 06:30 PM (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri). Programs on file: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School.

What rules a licensed child care home follows

Licensed child care homes in Texas care for children in the primary caregiver’s own residence, with no more than 12 children present at a time. They follow the Minimum Standards in Chapter 747 and get at least one unannounced state inspection a year. The state lists Touch Of Class Day Care with a capacity of 12.

Violations by state risk weight

Of the 27 violations at Touch Of Class Day Care, 5 fall under rules Texas weights High and 12 under Medium High; the state sets each rule’s weight by the risk a violation poses to children. How weights work

WeightViolationsShare
High519%
Medium High1244%
Medium933%
Medium Low00%
Low14%

Compared with other Houston licensed child care homes

Touch Of Class Day Care had 27 violations in five years, more than the median of 8 across Houston’s 103 licensed child care homes, and 3.9 per routine inspection against a median of 1 — a count of state records, not a rating.

Violations in five years: Touch Of Class Day Care 27, Houston five-year median 8This daycare27Houston median8

Repeat issues

5 rules were cited more than once at Touch Of Class Day Care in the last five years.

RuleTimesWhat the rule covers
747.1309
Medium		3The primary caregiver of a child-care home must complete at least 30 hours of training each year that fits the ages of the children in care, including at least six hours on topics such as child development or guidance and discipline, and three to six hours on management or staff supervision depending on experience. At least six hours must be instructor-led, and homes caring for children under 24 months must include one hour on shaken baby syndrome, infant sleep practices and SIDS, and early brain development. Official rule text · rule revised September 2024
Most recent: Sep 26, 2025 · first: Oct 2, 2023
747.5005
Medium High		2The child-care home must hold a fire drill every month, and the children must be able to get out of the home within three minutes. It must also hold a severe-weather sheltering drill and a lock-down drill at least four times a year each. Official rule text
Most recent: Sep 26, 2025 · first: Sep 26, 2025
747.603
Medium		2The child-care home must keep a record for each enrolled child, including the enrollment agreement, admission information, a health statement from a health-care professional, and immunization records, plus items such as medication records when they apply. These records must be kept at the home, available during operating hours, generally until three months after the child's last day. Official rule text
Most recent: Sep 26, 2025 · first: Nov 2, 2021
747.605
High		2Before admitting a child, the home must collect set information, including the child's name and birth date, how to reach the parents, an emergency contact for when parents can't be reached, the people allowed to pick up the child, and permission to get emergency medical care. It must also record the child's special care needs, any allergies with a food allergy emergency plan if needed, and permission for transportation, field trips, or water activities if the home offers them. Official rule text · rule revised September 2024
Most recent: Sep 26, 2025 · first: Nov 2, 2021
747.1303
Medium High		2Each caregiver must complete orientation within seven days and before being alone with children, and pediatric first aid and CPR on a set schedule (before the home is registered or licensed for the primary caregiver, before being counted in the ratio for substitutes, within 90 days for assistants), then stay current. Annual training is due within 12 months of starting and every 12 months after: 30 hours for the primary caregiver, and 15 hours (registered homes) or 24 hours (licensed homes) for assistants and substitutes counted in the ratio more than ten times a year, plus yearly transportation or pool training when it applies. Official rule text (single-rule page) · rule revised September 2024
Most recent: Nov 2, 2021 · first: Nov 2, 2021

Year by year

Routine inspections and violations per year at Touch Of Class Day Care, 2021 to 20261520211220221220231020242182025102026
YearRoutine inspectionsAll state visitsViolations
2021 (from Oct 20)115
2022112
2023112
2024110
20252218
2026110

Every state visit

7 visits on record since Oct 20, 2021, newest first, including visits that found nothing.

DateTypeRules checkedViolations
Sep 24, 2026Inspection488None
Oct 16, 2025Inspection4None
Sep 26, 2025Inspection49618
Sep 27, 2024Inspection559None
Oct 2, 2023Inspection4842
Oct 6, 2022Inspection5152
Nov 2, 2021Inspection4565

All 27 violations, newest first

3 rules cited at Touch Of Class Day Care changed after some of these citations (marked “rule revised”), so the wording that applied at the time may differ from our plain-English explanation.

Medium · Sep 26, 2025 · Inspection

747.2321(a) - Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional

Written feeing instructions were not on file for the infant in care.

In plain English: For an infant who is not yet eating table food, the home must get written feeding instructions signed and dated by a parent or health-care professional, and must follow them. The home must review and update the instructions with the parent every 30 days until the infant can eat table food. Official rule text

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Oct 10, 2025
Correction verified:
Oct 6, 2025
Technical assistance given:
Yes

Low · Sep 26, 2025 · Inspection

747.611(a) - Required Health Statement

Of the four children's records evaluated, one lacked a complete health statement.

In plain English: For each child who does not attend pre-K or school away from the home, the child-care home must have a health statement within one week of admission. This is usually a written statement from a licensed health-care professional who examined the child in the past year saying the child can take part in the program; the rule also allows a parent's religious affidavit, or a parent's interim statement followed by the professional's statement within 12 months. Official rule text

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Oct 3, 2025
Correction verified:
Oct 6, 2025
Technical assistance given:
Yes

Medium · Sep 26, 2025 · Inspection

747.1309(a) - Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

The primary caregiver received 10.5 of the required 30 clock hours of annual training for the November 2023-November 2024 training year. The caregiver will need to receive make-up training hours.

Plain-English explanation above

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Dec 1, 2025
Correction verified:
Dec 29, 2025
Technical assistance given:
Yes

Medium High · Sep 26, 2025 · Inspection

747.207(1) - Policies Comply with Rules

The parent handbook lacked the following information: 1. Safe sleep policy 2. Requirements for indoor/outdoor physical activity 3. Parents Rights

In plain English: The primary caregiver of a child-care home must set and follow policies that meet the standards, make sure assistants, substitutes, and household members follow the rules that apply to them, start required background checks, and report suspected abuse directly to the state hotline. The caregiver must also let parents visit any time during operating hours without prior approval and never go over the home's licensed or registered capacity. Official rule text

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Oct 10, 2025
Correction verified:
Oct 10, 2025
Technical assistance given:
Yes

High · Sep 26, 2025 · Inspection

745.641 - AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

An individual was allowed access to children in care prior to reeving the results of the background check.

In plain English: An operation must get notice from the state's background check unit that a person is eligible, eligible with conditions, or provisionally eligible with conditions before letting that person be at the operation. While waiting, the person may attend orientation or pre-service training only if they have no contact with children in care. Official rule text

Corrected at inspection:
Yes
Correction date:
Sep 26, 2025
Technical assistance given:
Yes

Medium · Sep 26, 2025 · Inspection

747.603(a)(4) - Children's Records - Immunizations

Of the four children's records evaluated, one lacked an immunization record.

Plain-English explanation above

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Oct 10, 2025
Correction verified:
Oct 10, 2025
Technical assistance given:
Yes

Medium High · Sep 26, 2025 · Inspection

747.1313(a) - Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training - Primary, Assistant, and Substitute Caregivers

The primary caregiver does not have current First Aid and CPR training. The previous training expired in December 2024.

In plain English: In a child-care home, the primary caregiver and every assistant and substitute caregiver must hold a current certificate in pediatric first aid (including rescue breathing and choking) and in pediatric CPR. The CPR course must follow American Heart Association layperson guidelines and include hands-on practice and testing with a manikin. Official rule text

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Oct 10, 2025
Correction verified:
Oct 10, 2025
Technical assistance given:
No

Medium · Sep 26, 2025 · Inspection

747.2102(a) - Written Activity Plan - Develop and Follow

The operation does not have written activity plans.

In plain English: The child-care home must write and follow an activity plan that meets the state's content requirements. The plan must include every child in the group, including children with special care needs. Official rule text

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Oct 10, 2025
Correction verified:
Oct 16, 2025
Technical assistance given:
Yes

High · Sep 26, 2025 · Inspection

747.5101 - Fire- Extinguishing System

The fire extinguisher has not been serviced and the arrow is showing in the red.

Official text of rule 747.5101

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Oct 10, 2025
Correction verified:
Sep 29, 2025
Technical assistance given:
Yes

Medium High · Sep 26, 2025 · Inspection

747.5005(2) - Sheltering drill for Severe Weather- 4 times in a calendar year

Four severe weather drills are not being conducted within the year.

Plain-English explanation above

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Oct 10, 2025
Correction verified:
Sep 30, 2025
Technical assistance given:
No
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Medium High · Sep 26, 2025 · Inspection

747.2407(1) - Activities for Toddlers - Outdoor Play

Children are not going outside daily. The children have not been outside in 3 weeks.

Official text of rule 747.2407

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Sep 26, 2025
Correction verified:
Oct 16, 2025
Technical assistance given:
No

Medium High · Sep 26, 2025 · Inspection

747.2319(5) - Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups

An infants; bottle was not labeled with the child's first name and last initial.

Official text of rule 747.2319

Corrected at inspection:
Yes
Correction date:
Sep 26, 2025
Technical assistance given:
No

Medium High · Sep 26, 2025 · Inspection

747.5005(3) - Lock-down drill 4 times in a calendar year

Four lock down drills are not being conducted within the year.

Plain-English explanation above

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Oct 10, 2025
Correction verified:
Sep 30, 2025
Technical assistance given:
No

Medium High · Sep 26, 2025 · Inspection

747.213(c) - AP Parent Notification of Liability Insurance - Notify Parent in Writing within 14 Days

There is not documentation showing parents have received written notification of the child care home not having liability insurance.

Official text of rule 747.213

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Oct 10, 2025
Correction verified:
Oct 1, 2025
Technical assistance given:
Yes

High · Sep 26, 2025 · Inspection

747.5417(a)(2) - Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information

The required emergency medical information for each child is not in the transportation folder.

Official text of rule 747.5417

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Sep 29, 2025
Correction verified:
Oct 16, 2025
Technical assistance given:
Yes

High · Sep 26, 2025 · Inspection

747.605(11) - Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

Of the four children's records evaluated, one lacked the address of the emergency contact.

Plain-English explanation above

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Oct 17, 2025
Correction verified:
Oct 10, 2025
Technical assistance given:
Yes

Medium · Sep 26, 2025 · Inspection

747.2405(4)(A) - Furnishings and Equipment for Toddlers - Bottles & Training Cups Labeled for Each Toddler

Training cups for the children were not labeled with the child's first name and initial of the last name.

Official text of rule 747.2405

Corrected at inspection:
Yes
Correction date:
Sep 26, 2025
Technical assistance given:
No

Medium High · Sep 26, 2025 · Inspection

747.2309(a)(2) - Safety Requirements for Cribs - Snug Fitting Sheets

The sheets are not fitting the bassinet snugly.

Official text of rule 747.2309

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Sep 29, 2025
Correction verified:
Oct 16, 2025
Technical assistance given:
Yes

Medium High · Oct 2, 2023 · Inspection

747.1309(c) - Primary Caregiver Annual Training - Special topics for children under 24 months

The provider did not have current training in Preventing SIDS and Shaken Baby Syndrom though has toddlers in care.

Plain-English explanation above · rule revised September 2024

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Oct 20, 2023
Correction verified:
Oct 17, 2023
Technical assistance given:
No

Medium · Oct 2, 2023 · Inspection

747.1309(a) - Primary Caregiver Annual Training -30 Hours Required

The provider was lacking 6 hours of annual training.

Plain-English explanation above · rule revised September 2024

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Oct 20, 2023
Correction verified:
Oct 17, 2023
Technical assistance given:
No

Medium High · Oct 6, 2022 · Inspection

747.1314 - Transportation Safety Training-Primary Caregiver and Employee Transporting

The director did not have current transportation safety training.

Official text of rule 747.1314

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Oct 13, 2022
Correction verified:
Oct 13, 2022
Technical assistance given:
No

Medium · Oct 6, 2022 · Inspection

747.4203(c) - Handwashing Sink Used Safely and Independently

There was no step stool for the smaller children to independently reach the handwashing sink. This was corrected at the time of the inspection.

Official text of rule 747.4203

Corrected at inspection:
Yes
Correction date:
Oct 6, 2022
Technical assistance given:
No

Medium · Nov 2, 2021 · Inspection

747.603(a)(3) - Children's Records - Health Statement

One child's record did not have a Health Statement from a physician.

Plain-English explanation above

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Nov 23, 2021
Correction verified:
Nov 5, 2021
Technical assistance given:
No

Medium High · Nov 2, 2021 · Inspection

747.1303(6)(A) - Training Requirements for Primary Caregiver and Substitute that transports - Transportation Training

The primary caregiver has been transporting children without current Transportation Training.

Plain-English explanation above · rule revised September 2024

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Nov 9, 2021
Correction verified:
Nov 3, 2021
Technical assistance given:
Yes

High · Nov 2, 2021 · Inspection

747.605(12) - Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization

Two children's records did not have the Emergency Medical Authorization signed by a parent.

Plain-English explanation above · rule revised September 2024

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Nov 4, 2021
Correction verified:
Nov 4, 2021
Technical assistance given:
No

Medium · Nov 2, 2021 · Inspection

745.651(2)(B) - Background Check Validation - Once a year listed family homes, licensed, and registered child care homes must validate list of subjects

The employee list had not been validated within the last year.

In plain English: When a person with a background check stops being associated with the operation, the operation must mark them inactive within seven days. It must also confirm its current list of people with background checks every three months, or once a year for licensed and registered child-care homes and listed family homes. Official rule text

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Nov 4, 2021
Correction verified:
Nov 3, 2021
Technical assistance given:
No

Medium High · Nov 2, 2021 · Inspection

747.1303(3)(A) - Training Requirements for Caregivers - 15 hours Annual Training

The substitute caregiver lacked 10 annual training hours.

Plain-English explanation above · rule revised September 2024

Corrected at inspection:
No
Correction date:
Nov 23, 2021
Correction verified:
Nov 4, 2021
Technical assistance given:
No

What to ask on a visit

Based on the kinds of rules cited at Touch Of Class Day Care:

Staff training and certifications

Enrollment and attendance records

Background checks

Emergency drills and plans

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Source and corrections

This page reports the state’s records for Touch Of Class Day Care; it is not a rating, a recommendation, or a background check, and may not be used for employment, tenant, credit, or insurance decisions.

Explanations follow the current rules (HHSC minimum standards, revised December 2025).