Nobody Should Be Allowed To Have Anything To Do With Teaching If They’ve Done This

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On September 29, 2008, the Governor signed Senate Bill 1105 (Margett) and Senate Bill 1110 (Scott) into law. Effective January 1, 2009, these laws enhance credential holder discipline by closing loopholes in existing law related to sex offenses, extending the time period that the findings of the Committee of Credentials is available to subsequent employers, and suspending the credentials of individuals who have had their credential revoked in another state pending investigation.

This is a move in the right direction. I think that someone should be given the death penalty if they are a teacher and they commit a sex offense against a student.

What a horrible abuse of the public’s trust.

I think that if teachers knew they would be put to death if they engage in inappropriate sexual conduct with a student, that fear would almost completely eliminate the offense.

Key Provisions

Senate Bill 1105 removes the distinction between a plea of guilty to a crime and a plea of no contest to a crime for educator licensing purposes. Specifically, a plea of no contest to misdemeanor sex offenses will now result in a mandatory revocation of all credentials. Formerly such a plea would result in a suspension of the credential pending the outcome of a discretionary review by the Committee of Credentials with a right to an administrative hearing to appeal the Committee’s recommendation. The bill specifically excepts pleas of no contest to Penal Code § 647(d). Senate Bill 1105 also extends the timeframe that a subsequent employer of a credential holder can receive a copy of the findings of the Committee of Credentials from one year from the date of the recommendation to five years from the date of the recommendation. However, if the individual appeals the recommendation of the Committee, the findings will not be made available to a subsequent employer. The final action adopted by the Commission to resolve the case will be available upon request. Lastly, the bill calls for the Legislature to convene a study group of interested parties to review all provisions of the

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