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2nd Step Daycare & Learning Center

4255 S R L Thornton Fwy, Dallas, TX 75224 · Dallas County (214) 372-2800 License #1147066 · first licensed Nov 5, 2010
15
inspections on file
5
recorded violations
2
health & safety class
Sep 3, 2026
last inspection

Inspection history

Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation

Records held from Sep 1, 2021 onward. Earlier visits may exist in the agency’s own files.

Inspection history for 2nd Step Daycare & Learning Center
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Sep 3, 2026InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Nov 18, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Nov 14, 2025ReportNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Oct 20, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Sep 9, 2025InspectionDeficiencies cited1Agency record
Oct 24, 2024InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Sep 17, 2024InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Sep 21, 2023InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
May 16, 2023InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Apr 6, 2023InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Apr 5, 2023ReportDeficiencies cited1Agency record
Nov 10, 2022InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Oct 31, 2022InspectionDeficiencies cited3Agency record
Nov 12, 2021InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Nov 10, 2021ReportNo deficiencies cited0Agency record

Violations

Text reproduced verbatim · Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation
How to read violations

Nearly every licensed provider accumulates some. A missing signature and an unlocked medicine cabinet are both “violations”, and they are not the same thing. Look at the class, the pattern over time and how quickly it was corrected — not the count alone.

Paperwork — records, postings, forms Standard — supervision, ratio, training Health & safety — direct risk to a child

Class is our grouping of the state’s own weights, reviewed per state. The agency’s own label is always shown beside it.

Sep 9, 2025Inspection · 1 deficiency cited
Health & safetyState weight: High
746.5625(c) — Electronic Child Safety Alarm - used at all times when transporting a child in care

“The safety alarms on the operation's vehicles were not observed to be in working order at the time of the inspection.”

Corrected Oct 9, 2025
Apr 5, 2023Report · 1 deficiency cited
Health & safetyState weight: High
746.5617(a)(1) — Required Equipment in Vehicles - List of Children

“This standard was tasked as part of an investigation. A bus driver transported a school aged student who was no longer enrolled with the operation.”

Corrected May 4, 2023
Oct 31, 2022Inspection · 3 deficiencies cited
StandardState weight: Medium High
746.4907(a)(1) — Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

“Loose fill around the rock climbing equipment did not meet a depth of six inches.”

Corrected Nov 7, 2022
StandardState weight: Medium High
746.605(16) — Required Admission Information-Completed Food Allergy Plan

“Two students with doctor diagnosed food allergies do not have food allergy plans on file with the operation.”

Corrected Nov 18, 2022
StandardState weight: Medium High
746.1311(d) — Director Annual Training - Caring for children under 24 months

“Two directors did not received SIDS and shaken baby training for the 2021-2022 training year.”

Corrected Nov 4, 2022

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