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PAM STEWART, AS COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION vs LASHINDA MOORE, 14-003657PL (2014)

Court: Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Number: 14-003657PL Visitors: 13
Petitioner: PAM STEWART, AS COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Respondent: LASHINDA MOORE
Judges: F. SCOTT BOYD
Agency: Department of Education
Locations: Miami, Florida
Filed: Aug. 12, 2014
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Friday, August 29, 2014.

Latest Update: May 17, 2024
STATE OF FLORIDA. EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION PAM STEWART, as Commissioner of Education, Petitioner, vs. CASE NO. 090-0833 LASHINDA SHAWNTRESE MOORE, Respondent. ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, Pam Stewart, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative Complaint against LASHINDA SHAWNTRESB MOORE. 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 lL. The Respondent holds Florida Educator's Certificate 843987, covering the areas of Educational Leadership, Elementary Education, English and Specific Learning Disabilities, which is valid through June 30, 2016. 2, Atall times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as an Assistant Priticipal at Southwest Miami. Senior High School in the Mianti-Dade County School District. MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS 3. During 2006, the Respondent assisted in. the fraudulent acquisition of'a mortgage for a property located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, by signing a mortgage application that the Respondent knew to contain false information and acting as a “straw buyer.” 4. In or around July 2008, the Respondent was charged with one count of Grand Theft and one count of Mortgage Fraud, In or around May 2009, the State Attomey's Office entered. a nolle prosequi with respect to the Grand Theft charge. In or around July 2009, the Respondent LASHINDA SHAWNTRESE MOORE Administrative Complaint Page 2 of 2 completed.a Pre-Trial Intervention Program and the State Attorney's Office entered a nolle prosequi with respect to the charge of Mortgage Fraud. 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. 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 Respondenta 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 educatot’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 ZO™ aay of Novemloar, 2013. PAM STEWART, as Commissioner of Education State of Florida

Docket for Case No: 14-003657PL
Source:  Florida - Division of Administrative Hearings

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