STATE OF FLORIDA EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION RICHARD CORCORAN, as Commissioner of Education, Petitioner, vs. CASE NO. 178-2605 KIMBERLY J. VICARS, Respondent. ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, Richard Corcoran, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative Complaint against KIMBERLY J. VICARS. 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 1196249, covering the area of English, which is valid through June 30, 2020. 2. At all times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as a Language Arts Teacher at David Hinson Middle School in the Volusia County School District. MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS 3, On or about March 30, 2018, Respondent entered a business with the intent to temporarily and/or permanently deprive the business of several merchandise items and convert those items for her own use. She was subsequently arrested on March 30, 2018 and charged with grand theft. On or about September 12, 2018, she pled nolo contendere to grand theft and adjudication was withheld. 4. On or about April 6, 2018, Respondent entered a business with the intent to temporarily and/or permanently deprive the business of several merchandise items and convert FRRB KIMBERLY J. VICARS Administrative Complaint Page 2 of 2 those items for her own use. When she was subsequently arrested on April 6, 2018, she was found to be in possession of twenty-nine (29) hydrocodone pills. She was charged with grand theft and trafficking in hydrocodone. On or about September 12, 2018, she pled nolo contendere to grand theft and adjudication was withheld. 5. Respondent’s above noted conduct amounted to gross immorality. 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 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 3" day of July , 2019. VAL RICHARD CORCORAN, as Commissioner of Education State of Florida FEBS

Docket for Case No: 19-005136PL