STATE OF FLORIDA EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION PAM STEWART, as Commissioner of Education, Petitioner, VS. CASE NO. 123-2604 AMANDA JANE WILSON, Respondent. ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, Pam Stewart, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative Complaint against AMANDA JANE WILSON. 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 lL. The Respondent holds Florida Educator’s Certificate 1145175, covering the areas of Elementary Education and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), which is valid through June 30, 2015. 2 At all times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as a Third Grade Teacher at Choices in Learning Charter School in the Seminole County School District, MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS 3. On or about January 3, 2012, in Seminole County, Florida, the Respondent entered a retail store, selected several items and concealed them in her purse. She passed all points of sale without paying for the items and knowingly attempted to convert the iterns to her own use. The items were valued at $56.31. The Respondent was arrested and charged with petit theft. AMANDA JANE WILSON Administrative Complaint Page 2 of 2 4, Subsequently, the Respondent entered into a pretrial diversion program and on October 2, 2012, the charge was nolle prossed, The Petitioner charges: STATUTE VIOLATIONS COUNT I: 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 Adrninistrative 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 G — dayof_/Aarch , 2015, PAM STEWART, as Comunissioner of Education State of Florida

Docket for Case No: 15-007088PL