STATE OF FLORIDA EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION 09-633 PL JEANINE BLOMBERG, as Commissioner of Education, Petitioner, vs. CASE NO. 045-2541-T STEPHEN SCOTT COLEMAN, Respondent. ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, Jeanitie Blomberg, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative Complaint against STEPHEN SCOTT COLEMAN. The Petitioner seeks the appropriate disciplinary sanction of the Respondent’s educator’s certificate pursuant to Sections 1012.795 and 1012.796, 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 1012.795(1) and 1012.796(7), Florida Statutes. The Petitioner alleges: JURISDICTION 1. The Respondent holds Florida Educator’s Certificate 578461, covering the areas of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), General Science, Political Science, Social Science, Sociology, Middle Grades, and Law, which is valid through June 30, 2008. 2. At all times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as a Teacher at Spruce Creek High School in the Volusia County School District. MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS 3. During the 2004-2005 school year the Respondent engaged in inappropriate and unprofessional conduct in his classroom in that he: ‘ (a) made comments to students about taking “happy pills"; (b) made a minor female student uncomfortable by staring at her chest; STEPHEN SCOTT COLEMAN Administrative Complaint Page 2 of 3 (c) made comments about a minor female student's appearance to other students in the presence of the female student; and (d) made a minor male student uncomfortable by placing his hands on the sides of the student below his waist and attempting to tickle him. 4. During the 2005-2006 school year the Respondent engaged in inappropriate and improper conduct in his classroom in that he: guidelines for use of videotapes and movies in the classroom; (b) allowed students to watch a playoff basketball game on television during his class; (c) permitted two students to engage in a "choking game" in which one student choked another while the Respondent and othier students watched; (d) made comments to a minor female student about her appearance, whether she liked "bondage" and the fact that she had tumed eighteen and was “legal”; and (e) made one or more telephone calls to the home of a female student whom he accused of getting him fired, and threatened to come to her home if she did not return his call. The Petitioner charges: STATUTE VIOLATIONS COUNT 1: The Respondent is in violation of Section 1012.795(1){c), Florida Statutes, in that Respondent has been guilty of gross immorality or an act involving moral turpitude. COUNT 2: The Respondent is in violation of Section 1012.795(1)(f), Florida Statutes, in that Respondent has been found guilty of personal conduct which seriously reduces his effectiveness as an employee of the school board. COUNT3: The Respondent is in violation of Section 1012.795(1)(i), 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 4: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Rule 6B- STEPHEN SCOTT COLEMAN Administrative Complaint Page 3 of 3 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 health and/or safety. COUNT 5: 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, 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 educaior’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 ceitificate for a period of time up to 10 years or permanently; 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 \C $ = day of Rusust , 2007. nike BLOMBERG, as Commissioner of Education State of Florida

Docket for Case No: 09-000822PL