Petitioner: PAM STEWART, AS COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Respondent: MACKINLEY ROLLE
Judges: LAWRENCE P. STEVENSON
Agency: Department of Education
Locations: Inverness, Florida
Filed: Jun. 30, 2014
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Tuesday, August 12, 2014.
Latest Update: Feb. 12, 2025
STATE OF FLORIDA
EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION
PAM STEWART, as
Commissioner of Education,
Petitioner,
¥S. CASE NO. 112-1952
MACKINLEY ROLLE,
Respondent.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, Pam Stewart, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative Complaint
against MACKINLEY ROLLE. The Petitioner seeks the appropriate disciplinary sanction of the
Respondent’s educator’s certificate pursuantto Sections 1012.315, 1012.795, and 1 012.796, 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 1158714, covering the area of
Physical Education, which is valid through June 30, 2014.
2, At all times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as a Health Teacher at
Lecanto High School in the Citrus County School District,
MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS
3, On or about January 11, 2012, the Respondent engaged in a physical altercation with
B.B., a. tenth grade sixteen-year-old student, The Respondent grabbed B.B. and pushed him against
the wail in the school cafeteria.
4, On or about January 20, 201 2, as a result of the conduct all eged herein, the Citrus
County School Board Suspended the Respondent’s employment for ten (10) days without pay.
MACKINLEY ROLLE
Administrative Complaint
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5. On or about December 6, 2013, Respondent confiscated student H.A.’s cell phone
and allowed student B.W. to read H.A.’s personal text messages aloud to the class.
6, On or about December } 1, 2013, the Citrus County School Board administratively
reassigned Respondent to the District Office, On or about January 8, 2014, Respondent resigned
from his position with the Citrus County School Board.
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.
COUNT 2: — The Respondent is in violation of Section 1012.795(1)(g2), Florida Statutes,
in that Respondent has been found guilty of personal conduct which seriously reduces his
effectiveness as an employee of the school board,
COUNT 3: — The Respondent is in violation of Section 1012.795(1)(j), 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 6A-
10.081{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 6A-
10.081(3)e), Florida Administrative Code, in that Respondent has intentionally exposed a student
to unnecessary embarrassment or disparagement.
(SIGNATURE ON FOLLOWING PAGE)
ACKINLEY ROLLE
Administrative Complaint
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WHEREFORE, based on the reasons set forth herein and in accordance with the
Explanation of Rights and Election of Ri ghts 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 1 012.795(1) and 1012.796(7), Florida Statutes. The sanctions
imposed by the Education Practices Commission may include, but are not limited to, any one ora
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 ineli gible for certification; or barring the
Respondent from reapplying for an educator’s certificate for a period of time up to 10 years or
permanently,
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EXECUTED on this ZU day of Felo 2eineey 2014,
PAM STEWART, as
Commiissioner of Education
State of Florida
Docket for Case No: 14-003036PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Aug. 12, 2014 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Aug. 08, 2014 |
Unopposed Motion to Close File filed.
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Aug. 05, 2014 |
Notice of Transfer.
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Jul. 08, 2014 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Jul. 08, 2014 |
Notice of Hearing (hearing set for August 26, 2014; 10:00 a.m.; Inverness, FL).
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Jul. 07, 2014 |
Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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Jul. 01, 2014 |
Initial Order.
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Jun. 30, 2014 |
Letter to MacKinley Rolle from Gretchen Brantley regarding request for hearing filed.
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Jun. 30, 2014 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Jun. 30, 2014 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Jun. 30, 2014 |
Letter to G. Brantley from Agency`s General Counsel requesting administrative hearing and notification of counsel of record.
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Jun. 30, 2014 |
Agency referral filed.
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