Idea Lab Nw Austin

13642 RESEARCH BLVD, Austin, TX 78750 · Travis County

3cited violations

3serious

9inspections & investigations

0enforcement actions

Program

Type: Licensed center
Licensed capacity: 60
Ages: School
Hours: 02:55 PM-06:00 PM
Phone: (512) 710-5694
Regulated since: Oct 7, 2024
HHSC IDs: Operation 1475083 · number 1794826
Official record: HHSC Child Care Search

Violations by category

Supervision & ratios 2
Other 1

Year by year

Year	Violations	Serious	Main categories
2026	1	1	Supervision & ratios (1)
2024	2	2	Supervision & ratios (1), Other (1)

Inspections, investigations & assessments

Mar 17, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Mar 2, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Feb 27, 2026 Report · Deficiencies cited (self-report)
- Supervision & ratios Serious
  Four children were left unattended in the building.
  
  HHSC 744.1205(a)(4) — Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
  
  HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2026-03-02. Correction verified 2026-03-17.
HHSC inspection history
Oct 28, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Apr 15, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Sep 25, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Jul 31, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited

No violations cited on this visit.

HHSC inspection history
Jun 27, 2024 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Other Serious
  2912 affidavits were not available for review.
  
  HHSC HRC 42.0563 - Employment affidavit regarding inappropriate r — HRC 42.0563 - Employment affidavit regarding inappropriate relationship with minor
  
  HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2024-07-03. Correction verified 2024-06-28.
HHSC inspection history
May 3, 2024 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
- Supervision & ratios Serious
  During the walk-through, the operation did not have any carbon monoxide. This was correct at the inspection when the owner bought one and tested it.
  
  HHSC 746.5531 — Child-Care Center Must be Equipped with a Working Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection System
  
  HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected at inspection. Corrected 2024-05-03.
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 Idea Lab NW Austin, 13642 RESEARCH BLVD, Austin, TX 78750 (operation ID 1475083, operation number 1794826), 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]

If something is happening now, report a concern to HHSC Child Care Regulation. For suspected abuse, contact your county child protective services or law enforcement.

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.