Petitioner: PAM STEWART, AS COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Respondent: GLENDA DAVILA
Judges: ELIZABETH W. MCARTHUR
Agency: Department of Education
Locations: Altamonte Springs, Florida
Filed: Oct. 15, 2018
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Tuesday, November 27, 2018.
Latest Update: Apr. 02, 2025
STATE OF FLORIDA
EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION
PAM STEWART, as
Commissioner of Education,
Petitioner,
vs. CASE NO. 167-2980
GLENDA NANETTE DAVILA,
Respondent.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, Pam Stewart, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative
Complaint against GLENDA NANETTE DAVILA. 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 971577, covering the areas
of Elementary Education, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Exceptional
Student Education, which is valid through June 30, 2021.
2. At all times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as a Third Grade
Teacher at Waterbridge Elementary School in the Orange County School District.
MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS
3: In or around July of 2016, Respondent read and agreed to the “WIDA Non-
Disclosure and User Agreement” whereby she agreed that while administering the “Access for
ELLs,” a standardized test, to her students, she would not “disclose or reproduce any Test
information.”
GLENDA NANETTE DAVILA
Administrative Complaint
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4, Despite having agreed to the “WIDA Non-Disclosure and User Agreement”, on or
about February 7, 2017, while administering the “Access for ELLs” test, Respondent took a
photograph of one of the exam questions and texted it to other teachers at her school.
The Petitioner charges:
STATUTE VIOLATIONS
COUNT 1: 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(2)(c)1, 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
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 al _ day of _Nove » 2017,
Lobe,
PAMSTEWART, as _
Commissioner of Education
State of Florida
Docket for Case No: 18-005406PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Nov. 27, 2018 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Nov. 26, 2018 |
Unopposed Motion to Close File filed.
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Oct. 22, 2018 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Oct. 22, 2018 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for December 12, 2018; 9:30 a.m.; Altamonte Springs and Tallahassee, FL).
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Oct. 19, 2018 |
Agreed upon Response to Initial Order filed.
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Oct. 16, 2018 |
Initial Order.
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Oct. 15, 2018 |
Request for Administrative Hearing filed.
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Oct. 15, 2018 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Oct. 15, 2018 |
Agency referral filed.
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