Petitioner: CHARLIE CRIST, AS COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Respondent: XUJIE DENG
Judges: CHARLES C. ADAMS
Agency: Department of Education
Locations: Jacksonville, Florida
Filed: Nov. 12, 2004
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Tuesday, January 18, 2005.
Latest Update: Jan. 05, 2025
STATE OF FLORIDA
EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION 2
CHARLIE CRIST, as ne ~
Commissioner of Education, 2
Petitioner,
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vs. CASE NO. 990-1656-R
XUJIE DENG,
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Respondent.
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
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Petitioner, Charlie Crist, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative
Complaint against XUJIE DENG. 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(7) and 231.2615(1), Florida Statutes.
The Petitioner alleges:
JURISDICTION
1. The Respondent holds Florida Educator’s Certificate 766512, covering the areas
of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Foreign Language — Latin, and Social
Science, which is valid through June 30, 2003.
2. At all times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as a Foreign
Language Teacher at Robert E. Lee High School in the Duval County School District.
MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS
3. On or about September 11, 1998, the Education Practices Commission entered a
Final Order accepting a Settlement Agreement with Respondent in Professional Practices
Services Case Number 978-2531-C. The case charged Respondent with Battery/Domestic
Violence against his wife. The terms of the Settlement Agreement included 3 years probation
and an anger management class.
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XUJIE DENG
Administrative Complaint
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4. On or about February 14, 2000, Respondent inappropriately disciplined two male
students R.T. and W.C., and one female student, T.H., in three separate incicents in which he
pushed them.
5. On or about April 6, Respondent made an inappropriate comment to R.T., a male
student. Respondent stated, “I will kill you” or words to that effect. On or about April 13, 2000,
Respondent’s principal issued him a letter of reprimand for this conduct.
6. On or about April 19, 2000, inappropriately disciplined J.W., a female student, by
hitting her in the face with papers. On or about May 16, 2000, the school district reassigned
Respondent to the District Administrative Center.
STATUTORY VIOLATIONS
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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.
COUNT 4: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Rule 6B-
1.006(5)(p). Florida Administrative Code, in that Respondent has failed to comply with the
conditions of an order of the Education Practices Commission imposing probation, imposing a
fine, or restricting the authorized scope of practice.
XUJIE DENG
Administrative Complaint
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WHEREFORE, the Petitioner recommends that the Education Practices Commission
impose an appropriate penalty pursuant to the authority provided in Sections 231.262(7) 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 on this 30 dayof___") tu ly 2002.
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Charlie Crist, as
Commissioner of Education,
State of Florida
Docket for Case No: 04-004090PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Jan. 18, 2005 |
Order Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
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Jan. 14, 2005 |
Motion to Hold Case in Abeyance (filed by Petitioner).
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Jan. 06, 2005 |
Notice of Taking Deposition filed.
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Dec. 27, 2004 |
Petitioner`s First Request for Production of Documents filed.
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Dec. 27, 2004 |
Petitioner`s First Request for Admissions to Respondent filed.
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Dec. 27, 2004 |
Petitioner`s First Set of Interrogatories to Respondent filed.
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Dec. 27, 2004 |
Petitioner`s Notice of Propounding First Set of Interrogatories to Respondent filed.
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Dec. 03, 2004 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Dec. 03, 2004 |
Notice of Hearing (hearing set for February 1, 2005; 10:00 a.m.; Jacksonville, FL).
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Nov. 18, 2004 |
Petitioner`s Response to Initial Order (filed via facsimile).
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Nov. 12, 2004 |
Initial Order.
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Nov. 12, 2004 |
Finding of Probable Cause filed.
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Nov. 12, 2004 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Nov. 12, 2004 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Nov. 12, 2004 |
Agency referral filed.
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