Petitioner: PAM STEWART, AS COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Respondent: DARRELL HULING
Judges: J. BRUCE CULPEPPER
Agency: Department of Education
Locations: Land O Lakes, Florida
Filed: Oct. 06, 2017
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Thursday, November 16, 2017.
Latest Update: Jan. 08, 2025
STATE OF FLORIDA
EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION
PAM STEWART, as
Commissioner of Education,
Petitioner,
vs. CASE NO. 167-0487
DARRELL EDWARD HULING,
Respondent.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, Pam Stewart, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative
Complaint against DARRELL EDWARD HULING. 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
1. The Respondent holds Florida Educator’s Certificate 6661 74, covering the areas of
Educational Leadership, Music and Social Science, which is valid through June 30, 2017.
MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS
2. On or about July 29, 2016, Respondent allowed a friend and colleague to enter
credits to Respondent’s record for courses he had not taken or developed in order to allow
Respondent to timely renew his Florida Educator Certificate. Based on Respondent’s knowledge
and experience, Respondent knew or should have known that he was not entitled to the credits.
The Petitioner charges:
STATUTE VIOLATIONS
COUNT 1: The Respondent is in violation of section 1012.795(1)(j), Florida Statutes,
in that Respondent has violated the Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education
Profession prescribed by State Board of Education rules.
DARRELL EDWARD HULING
Administrative Complaint
Page 2 of 2
RULE VIOLATIONS
COUNT 2: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Rule 6A-
10.081(2)(c)1, Florida Administrative Code, in that Respondent has failed to maintain honesty in
all professional dealings.
COUNT 3: The Respondent is in violation of Rule 6A-10.081(2)(c)9, Florida
Administrative Code, in that Respondent made a fraudulent statement or failed to disclose a
material fact in his own or another’s application for a professional position.
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,
EXECUTED on this 20H day of Tw Va , 2017,
Md, becerrf
PAM STEWART, as
Commissioner of Education
State of Florida
Docket for Case No: 17-005520PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Nov. 16, 2017 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction CASE CLOSED.
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Nov. 16, 2017 |
Joint Motion to Close File filed.
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Nov. 13, 2017 |
Notice of Taking Deposition (Huling) filed.
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Nov. 06, 2017 |
Order Granting Motion to Withdraw as Counsel of Record.
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Nov. 01, 2017 |
Proposed Order on Motion to Withdraw filed.
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Nov. 01, 2017 |
Stipulated Motion for Leave to Withdraw as Counsel of Record filed.
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Nov. 01, 2017 |
Letter to Judge Culpepper from W. Michael Thornton Regarding Motion and Proposed Order filed.
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Oct. 23, 2017 |
Amended Notice of Hearing (hearing set for December 6, 2017; 9:30 a.m.; Land O Lakes, FL; amended as to hearing location).
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Oct. 18, 2017 |
Notice of Transfer.
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Oct. 18, 2017 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Oct. 18, 2017 |
Notice of Hearing (hearing set for December 6, 2017; 9:30 a.m.; Land O Lakes, FL).
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Oct. 16, 2017 |
Petitioner's Response to Initial Order filed.
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Oct. 12, 2017 |
Certificate of Service of Discovery filed.
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Oct. 09, 2017 |
Initial Order.
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Oct. 06, 2017 |
Notice of Appearance (W. Michael Thornton).
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Oct. 06, 2017 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Oct. 06, 2017 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Oct. 06, 2017 |
Agency referral filed.
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