Petitioner: GERARD ROBINSON, AS COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Respondent: BRYAN JOSEPH TAYLOR
Judges: JOHN G. VAN LANINGHAM
Agency: Department of Education
Locations: Lauderdale Lakes, Florida
Filed: Aug. 06, 2012
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Wednesday, September 26, 2012.
Latest Update: Dec. 24, 2024
STATE OF FLORIDA
EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION
GERARD ROBINSON, as
Commissioner of Education,
Petitioner,
vs. CASE NO. 104-2239
BRYAN JOSEPH TAYLOR,
Respondent.
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, Gerard Robinson, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative
Complaint against BRYAN JOSEPH TAYLOR. The Petitioner seeks the appropriate disciplinary
sanction of the Respondent’s educator’s certificate pursuant to Sections 1012.315, 1012.795, and
1012.796, Florida Statutes, and pursuant to Rule 6B-1,006, Florida Administrative Code, Principles
of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida, said sanctions specifically set forth
in Sections 1012.795(1) and 1012.796(7), Florida Statutes.
~The Petitioner alleges:
JURISDICTION
1. The Respondent holds Florida Educator’s Certificate 965041, covering the area of
English, which is valid through June 30, 2015.
2. At all times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as an English Teacher
at Hollywood Hills High School in the Broward County School District.
MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS
3, On or about February 8, 2011, in Broward County, Florida, Respondent was using
his personal laptop computer in class and projected nude photographs of himself onto the
whiteboard. Respondent’s students viewed the nude photographs of Respondent.
4. During the 2010-2011 school year, Respondent accessed the pornographic website
www.gayfuckdating.com on his school-issued laptop computer.
5. During the 2010-2011 school year, the School District of Broward County
Filed August 6, 2012 11:54 AM Division of Administrative Hearings
BRYAN JOSEPH TAYLOR
Administrative Complaint
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discovered that Respondent had stored numerous pornographic photographs, including nude
photographs of Respondent, on Respondent’s school-issued laptop computer.
The Petitioner charges:
STATUTE VIOLATIONS
COUNT 1: The Respondent is in violation of Section 1012.795(1)(d), Florida Statutes,
in that Respondent has been guilty of gross immorality or an act involving moral turpitude as
defined by rule of the State Board of Education.
COUNT 2: The Respondent is in violation of Section 1012.795(1)}(g), Florida Statutes,
in that Respondent has been found guilty of personal conduct which seriously reduces his
effectiveness as an employee of the school board.
COUNT 3: The Respondent is in violation of Section 1012.795(1)Q), Florida Statutes, in
that Respondent has violated the Principles of Professional. Conduct for the Education Profession
prescribed by State Board of Education rules.
RULE VIOLATIONS
COUNT I: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Rule 6B-
1.006(3)(a), Florida Administrative Code, in that Respondent has failed to make reasonable effort
to protect the student from conditions harmful to learning and/or to the student’s mental health
and/or physical health and/or safety.
(SIGNATURE ON FOLLOWING PAGE)
BRYAN JOSEPH TAYLOR
Administrative. Complaint
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WHEREFORE, based on the reasons set forth herein and in accordance with the
Explanation of Rights and Election of Rights forms attached to and made a part. of this
Administrative Complaint, Petitioner respectfully recommends that the Education Practices
Commission impose an appropriate sanction against the Respondent’ s educator’s certificate pursuant
to the authority provided in Sections 1012.795(1) and 1012.796(7), Florida Statutes. The sanctions
imposed by the Education Practices Commission may include, but are not limited to, any one or a
combination of the following: issuing the Respondent a written reprimand; placing the Respondent
on probation for any period of time; restricting the Respondent’s authorized scope of practice;
assessing the Respondent an administrative fine; directing the Respondent to enroll in the Recovery
Network Program; suspending the Respondent’s educator’s certificate for a period of time not to
exceed five years; revoking the Respondent’s educator’s certificate for a period of time up to 10
years or permanently; determining the Respondent to be ineligible for certification; or barring the
“Respondent from reapplying for an educator’s certificate for a period of time up to 10 years or
permanently.
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EXECUTED on this }QTM day of FLUO. 20 VL,
GERARD ROBINSON, as
Commissioner of Education
State of Florida
Docket for Case No: 12-002601PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Sep. 26, 2012 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Sep. 25, 2012 |
Motion to Cancel Hearing and to Relinquish Jurisdiction to EPC filed.
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Aug. 20, 2012 |
Notice of Service of Petitioner's Request for Production to Respondent filed.
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Aug. 20, 2012 |
Notice of Service of Petitioner's Request for Admissions to Respondent filed.
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Aug. 20, 2012 |
Notice of Service of Petitioner's First Set of Interrogatories to Respondent filed.
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Aug. 15, 2012 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Aug. 15, 2012 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for October 4, 2012; 9:00 a.m.; Lauderdale Lakes and Tallahassee, FL).
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Aug. 14, 2012 |
Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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Aug. 06, 2012 |
Initial Order.
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Aug. 06, 2012 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Aug. 06, 2012 |
Agency referral filed.
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Aug. 06, 2012 |
Letter to K. Richards from Agency`s General Counsel requesting administrative hearing and notification of counsel of record.
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Aug. 06, 2012 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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