Ira Cross Jr Elementary

1910 HERNDON DR, Killeen, TX 76543 · Bell County

3cited violations

0serious

7inspections & investigations

0enforcement actions

Program

Type: Licensed center
Licensed capacity: 102
Ages: Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours: 06:00 AM-06:00 PM
Phone: (254) 690-9622
Regulated since: Jan 29, 2003
HHSC IDs: Operation 219954 · number 824789- 2389
Official record: HHSC Child Care Search

Violations by category

Supervision & ratios 2
Safety & premises 1

Year by year

Year	Violations	Main categories
2024	1	Safety & premises (1)
2023	1	Supervision & ratios (1)
2021	1	Supervision & ratios (1)

Inspections, investigations & assessments

Nov 3, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Feb 6, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Jan 10, 2025 Report · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Nov 7, 2024 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Safety & premises
  Three of the children files were missing the required information for the emergency contact persons.
  
  HHSC 744.605(6) — Required Admission Information-Emergency Contact
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2024-11-14. Correction verified 2024-11-13.
HHSC inspection history
Nov 13, 2023 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Supervision & ratios
  During the monitoring inspection it was found that the operation had not documented a fire drill that was conducted in October. This was corrected at inspection when the drill that they conducted 10/06/2023 was documented on the required form.
  
  HHSC 744.3559(4) — Documentation of Drills
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected at inspection. Corrected 2023-11-13.
HHSC inspection history
Nov 16, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Dec 1, 2021 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Supervision & ratios
  During the montoring inspection it was found that the operation did not conduct a fire drill in the month of November.
  
  HHSC 744.3559(1) — Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
  
  HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2021-12-03. Correction verified 2021-12-08.
HHSC inspection history

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HHSC publishes inspections, investigations and assessments from October 2017 onward, with each cited deficiency and its risk weight. Investigation narratives, complaint files and older history require a public information request. The Texas Public Information Act (Texas Government Code Chapter 552) gives anyone the right to ask. You don't have to say why.

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Send to: HHSC Open Records Coordinator, MC-1070 · OpenRecordsRequest@hhs.texas.gov · fax 512-424-6586 · 4601 W. Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas 78751-3146 · agency instructions

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Letter text

Dear Open Records Coordinator,

Under the Texas Public Information Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 552, I request copies of the following Child Care Regulation records for Ira Cross Jr Elementary, 1910 HERNDON DR, Killeen, TX 76543-5237 (operation ID 219954, operation number 824789- 2389), for January 1, 2019 to the present:

1. Every inspection, assessment and investigation report, including the deficiencies cited and the operation's corrective actions.
2. Every complaint and self-report intake and its finding.
3. Every corrective or adverse action (evaluation, probation, suspension, revocation, denial, administrative penalty) with related correspondence.
4. Every plan of action or correction the operation submitted, and HHSC's response.

I understand that information made confidential by law (for example the identities of children, families and reporters) may be redacted; please release the remainder. Please provide the records electronically by email. If the cost will exceed $40, please send me an itemized estimate first.

Thank you,

[Your name]
[Email] · [Phone]

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Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation datasets on data.texas.gov. Last read Oct 1, 2026. Violation text is HHSC's own wording. The categories are ours, added to help you scan. About this data.