Texas licensing, in plain terms
Every deadline a Texas child care home faces
If you run a licensed or registered child care home in Texas, the state puts a handful of recurring obligations on your household — each on its own clock, none of them on your calendar by default. Here is the full list, with the rule behind each one, so you can check your own dates against it.
Permit renewal, every two years
26 TAC §745.471 and §745.473
A licensed or registered child care home permit expires on the second anniversary of its issue date, and renews from there every two years. The renewal window opens 60 days before the anniversary, and if you miss it, late renewal is allowed for 30 days after the date — then the permit is gone and a new application is the only way back.
Renewal happens in your Child Care Regulation Online Provider Account at childcare.hhs.texas.gov. The date itself is easy to compute: it is your permit date plus two years, four years, six years, for as long as you hold the permit.
Training hours, every twelve months
26 TAC §747.1309 and §747.1311
The caregiver in a licensed or registered home completes 30 clock hours of training in each 12-month period, counted from the permit date — not the calendar year. The hours must include training in child growth and development, and guidance and discipline. Hours above 30 do not carry over: a year with 50 hours earns you nothing toward the next year.
This is the deadline providers most often get wrong, because their training year is quietly different from their neighbors'. It runs from your own permit date.
Liability insurance proof, every year
26 TAC §747.209 (§742.403 for listed family homes)
Every home must carry at least $300,000 per occurrence in liability insurance and give the agency proof of it each year, by the anniversary of the permit. The same form goes to the parents you serve; the state's copy is submitted through your Child Care Regulation Online Provider Account.
Background checks for every adult in the home
26 TAC §745.621
Each adult living or working in the home needs a background check before they start, and a renewal on a rolling cycle: every 2 years on a name-based check, or every 5 years on a fingerprint-based one. Unlike the deadlines above, these do not share one date — each person is on their own clock, which is why they are the easiest to lose track of in a paper binder.
CPR and first aid, kept current
26 TAC §747.1313
Your pediatric CPR and first-aid certificates must simply never lapse. The renewal date is printed on each certificate, and each person's certificate is on its own date.
What Texas does not ask for every year
26 TAC §747.4901 and §747.3201
Texas minimum standards do not require an annual fire or sanitation inspection for child care homes. Local city or county rules may add one — but the recurring state clock is the four items above, not a yearly walkthrough.
Check your own dates in a minute
Every date above comes from just two facts: your permit type and your permit issue date. Our free deadline checker turns them into the list of what is due in your next twelve months, with the rule cited on each line. If you want the calendar kept for you — reminders, pre-filled paperwork, an inspection-ready binder — that is what Gowned Glen does at $49/month. We prepare, you submit.
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