Fort Worth Zoo Education Center

Licensed Center

Provider details

City / County / ZIP: Fort Worth / Tarrant / 76110
Street address: 1989 Colonial Pkwy
Phone: (817) 759-7200
Capacity: 180
Ages served: Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours / Days: 09:00 AM-04:00 PM / Mon,Tue,Thu,Fri
Permit type: Full Permit
Permit issued: December 1, 2015
Operation status:: Active
Corrective action: HHSC lists: No
Adverse action: HHSC lists: No
Temporarily closed: HHSC lists: No

Corrective action means HHSC requires steps to address compliance concerns; see the official HHSC record for details.

Adverse action means HHSC has taken enforcement action affecting an operation’s permit or ability to operate; see the official HHSC record for details.

Plain-English summary of cited deficiencies

State records list 3 cited deficiencies dated February 23, 2024 (1 Medium High, 2 Medium risk). Correction status: 0 corrected at inspection, 3 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.

Medium High risk · Required Admission Information - Special Needs Statement (746.605(13))
Cited February 23, 2024 (correction date recorded: March 1, 2024; correction verified March 1, 2024; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The reviewed files did not include the required detailed statement about special care needs.
Medium risk · Parent's Rights (HRC 42.04271)
Cited February 23, 2024 (correction date recorded: March 1, 2024; correction verified March 1, 2024; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The reviewed files did not include completed parents' rights forms.
Medium risk · Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services (746.501(a)(30))
Cited February 23, 2024 (correction date recorded: March 1, 2024; correction verified February 26, 2024).
What the record describes: The parent handbook did not include a section about supporting inclusive services.

Counts, dates, risk levels and correction status come directly from the state data. The plain-English descriptions were written automatically from the inspectors' narratives and checked against them by a second automated reviewer; they cover citations dated October 11, 2023 to October 11, 2026. They may contain errors; the official record is authoritative.

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Summary of the record

This summary is generated automatically from public HHSC records. It restates the official record and may lag behind it. The official state record is the authoritative source: official HHSC record.

Texas Health and Human Services records list 3 cited deficiencies for Fort Worth Zoo Education Center in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (1 Medium High, 2 Medium).

Records list 3 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-01-13.

HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weight	Citations
High	0
Medium High	1
Medium	2
Medium Low	0
Low	0
Unknown	0

HHSC assigns each standard a risk weight from Low to High. A deficiency is a finding that a minimum standard was not met.

Recent citations in the summary window

2024-02-23 · 746.501(a)(30) · Medium

Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services

The parent handbook does not include the section for support of inclusive services.

Correction date recorded: 2024-03-01

2024-02-23 · 746.605(13) · Medium High

Required Admission Information - Special Needs Statement

The reviewed files did not have the required detailed special care needs statement.

Correction date recorded: 2024-03-01

2024-02-23 · HRC 42.04271 · Medium

Parent's Rights

The reviewed files did not have the parents rights form completed.

Correction date recorded: 2024-03-01

Full citation history from HHSC (3)

2024-02-23 · HRC 42.04271 · Medium
Parent's Rights
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-03-01. Correction verified: 2024-03-01.
The reviewed files did not have the parents rights form completed.
2024-02-23 · 746.605(13) · Medium High
Required Admission Information - Special Needs Statement
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-03-01. Correction verified: 2024-03-01.
The reviewed files did not have the required detailed special care needs statement.
2024-02-23 · 746.501(a)(30) · Medium
Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-03-01. Correction verified: 2024-02-26.
The parent handbook does not include the section for support of inclusive services.

Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=1186859

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Provider data fetched: October 10, 2026.