STATE OF FLORIDA Tih EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION 3 43-1 py 9: 06 eM OF CHARLIE CRIST, as Commissioner of Education, Petitioner A - eel fD, 0-j570PL vs. CASE NO. 990-1278-V MARY ANN LEE, Respondent. ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, CHARLIE CRIST, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative Complaint against Mary Ann Lee. The Petitioner seeks the appropriate disciplinary sanction of the Respondent’s educator’s certificate pursuant to Sections 231.262 and 231.2615, Florida Statutes, and pursuant to Rule 6B-1.006, Florida Administrative Code, Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida, said sanctions specifically set forth in Sections 231.262(6) and 231.2615(1), Florida Statutes. The Petitioner alleges: JURISDICTION 1. The Respondent holds Florida educator’s certificate 341629, covering the areas of early childhood education, elementary education, English to speakers of other languages, and specific learning disabilities, which is valid through June 30, 2003. 2. At all times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as an exceptional student education teacher at Pine Villa Elementary School, in the Miami-Dade County School District. MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS 3. On or about October 21, 1999, Respondent used inappropriate discipline techniques when she struck a five year old kindergarten student for misbehaving. During the 1999-2000 school year, Respondent also used other inappropriate discipline techniques such as making the students stand next to their desks for long periods, used rough and vulgar language towards the students, and took students into the bathroom alone to discipline them. Mary Ann Lee Administrative Complaint Page 2 of 2 STATUTORY VIOLATIONS COUNT 1: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Section 231.2615(1)(i), Florida Statutes, in that Respondent has violated the Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida prescribed by State Board of Education. RULE VIOLATIONS COUNT 2: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Rule 6B- 1.006(3)(a), Florida Administrative Code, in that Respondent has failed to make reasonable effort to protect the student from conditions harmful to learning and/or to the student’s mental health and/or physical safety. COUNT 3: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Rule 6B- 1.006(3)(e), Florida Administrative Code, in that Respondent has intentionally exposed a student to unnecessary embarrassment or disparagement. WHEREFORE, the Petitioner recommends that the Education Practices Commission impose an appropriate penalty pursuant to the authority provided in Sections 231.262(6) and 231.2615(1), Florida Statutes, which penalty may include a reprimand, probation, restriction of the authorized scope of practice, administrative fine, suspension of the teaching certificate not to exceed three years, permanent revocation of the teaching certificate, or combination thereof, for the reasons set forth herein, and in accordance with the Explanation and Election of Rights forms which are attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference. EXECUTED onthis _7 __ day of fb . , 2001. CHARLIE CRIST, as Commissioner of Education, State of Florida

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