Houston – Texas Department of Family Protective Services is investigating two Houston-area daycares after Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo brought children from the daycares to a Commissioners Court meeting last month, KPRC 2 has learned.

“DFPS will investigate whether or not abuse or neglect occurred in this case. Findings from our investigation will be turned over to the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), the state agency that licenses and regulates day care in Texas,” said Melissa Lanford, a DFPS spokesperson.

Austin-based attorney Lindsey Dionne said she made the report to Texas DFPS after seeing a broadcast of the Aug. 7 meeting.

“I understood there to be children there, and I thought it was really, really inappropriate,” Dionne said. “There are a lot of rules and regula

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