Petitioner: PAM STEWART, AS COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Respondent: JERRY ALLEN TURNER
Judges: F. SCOTT BOYD
Agency: Department of Education
Locations: Miami, Florida
Filed: Aug. 11, 2014
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Friday, December 5, 2014.
Latest Update: Nov. 18, 2024
STATE OF FLORIDA
EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION
PAM STEWART, as
Commissioner of Education,
Petitioner,
vs. : CASE NO. 112-2863
JERRY ALLEN TURNER,
Respondent.
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, Pam Stewart, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative Complaint
against JERRY ALLEN TURNER. 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 6A-10.081, 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 °
L. The Respondent holds Florida Educator’s Certificate 625012, covering the areas of
Biology and Chemistry, which is valid through June 30, 2016.
2. At all times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as a Science Teacher at
Miami Lakes Educational Center in the Miami-Dade County School District.
MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS
3, On or about February 24, 2012, the Respondent told students to clean up after a
gardening project. When ninth grade student L.M. informed the Respondent that L.M. had used
paper towels set aside for cleaning to blow his nose and did not want to re-use the paper towels, the
Respondent grabbed L.M. by the neck and forcibly tured L.M.’s head and directed L.M. to clean
up the table.
JERRY ALLEN TURNER
Administrative Complaint
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The Petitioner charges:
STATUTE VIOLATIONS
COUNT I: The Respondent is in violation of Section 1012.795(1 )G), 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 2: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Rule 6A-
10.081(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.
COUNT 3: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Rule 6A+
10.081(3)(e), Florida Administrative Code, in that Respondent has intentionally exposed a student
to unnecessary embarrassment or disparagement.
(SIGNATURE ON FOLLOWING PAGE)
JERRY ALLEN TURNER
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 ora
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.
EXECUTED on this |" day of August 2013.
PAM STEWART, as
Commissioner of Education
State of Florida
Docket for Case No: 14-003654PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Dec. 05, 2014 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Dec. 04, 2014 |
(Petitioner's) Motion to Cancel Hearing and to Relinquish Jurisdiction to EPC filed.
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Oct. 23, 2014 |
(Respondent's) Notice of Taking Depositions filed.
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Oct. 17, 2014 |
Order Granting Continuance and Re-scheduling Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for January 21, 2015; 9:00 a.m.; Miami, FL).
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Oct. 17, 2014 |
CASE STATUS: Motion Hearing Held. |
Oct. 13, 2014 |
Respondent's Amended Unopposed Motion for Continuance filed.
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Oct. 07, 2014 |
Respondent's Unopposed Motion for Continuance filed.
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Sep. 19, 2014 |
(Respondent's) Notice of Unavailability filed.
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Aug. 26, 2014 |
Order Granting Continuance and Re-scheduling Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for November 5, 2014; 9:00 a.m.; Miami, FL).
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Aug. 26, 2014 |
(Respondent's) Notice of Service of Interrogatories and Request for Production filed.
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Aug. 26, 2014 |
(Respondent's) Unopposed Motion to Continue Final Hearing filed.
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Aug. 20, 2014 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Aug. 20, 2014 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for September 12, 2014; 9:00 a.m.; Miami and Tallahassee, FL).
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Aug. 19, 2014 |
Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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Aug. 11, 2014 |
Initial Order.
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Aug. 11, 2014 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Aug. 11, 2014 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Aug. 11, 2014 |
Letter to Marian Lambeth from Carol Buxton advising of representation.
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Aug. 11, 2014 |
Letter to G. Brantley from Agency`s General Counsel requesting administrative hearing and notification of counsel of record.
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Aug. 11, 2014 |
Agency referral filed.
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