STATE OF FLORIDA EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION PAM STEWART, as Commissioner of Education, Petitioner, vs. CASE NO. 145-3013 TIM L. DAVIDSON, Respondent. / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, Pam Stewart, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative Compiaint against. TIM L. DAVIDSON. 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 82070, covering the areas of Health and Business Education, which is valid through June 30, 2018. Education Teacher at Bartram Trail High Schoo! in the St. Johns County School District. 2 At all times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as a Business MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS 3. During the year 2015, in the course of his employment as an instructor at a technical college, Respondent fraudulently changed the transcript of a female student to make it appear as if she had more credits in certain areas than the student had actually earned. Respondent presented the altered transcript for the school’s president’s signature without acknowledgement of the fraudulent changes. TIM L. DAVIDSON Administrative Complaint Page 2 of 2 The Petitioner charges: STATUTE VIOLATIONS COUNT I: The Respondent is in violation of section 1012.795(1)@), 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(4\(b), Florida Administrative Code, in that Respondent has intentionally distorted or misrepresented facts concerning an educational matter in direct or indirect public expression. COUNT 3: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Rule 6A- 10.081 (5a), Florida Administrative Code, in that Respondent has failed to maintain honesty in all professional dealings. 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 enroli in the Recovery Network Program; suspending the Respondent's educator's certificate for a period of time not to exceed five vears; 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 7 _ day of “Jo. WUoW 2016, PAM STEWART, as Commissioner of Education State of Florida

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