Petitioner: PAM STEWART, AS COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Respondent: CRYSTAL GRANT
Judges: G. W. CHISENHALL
Agency: Department of Education
Locations: Daytona Beach, Florida
Filed: Dec. 16, 2015
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Friday, February 26, 2016.
Latest Update: Feb. 08, 2025
STATE OF FLORIDA
EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION
PAM STEWART, as
Commissioner of Education,
Petitioner,
VS. CASE NO. 134-1575
CRYSTAL ANNISSA GRANT,
Respondent.
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, Pam Stewart, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative
Complaint against CRYSTAL ANNISSA GRANT. The Petitioner seeks the appropriate
disciplinary sanction of the Respondent’s educatot’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
1, The Respondent holds Florida Educator’s Certificate 1223654, covering the area
of English, which is valid through June 30, 2016.
2. At all times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as a Language Arts
Teacher at Holly Hill School in the Volusia County School District.
MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS
3. During the 2013/2014 school year, in her first month of teaching, Respondent
failed to maintain control of her class and exhibited inappropriate conduct in the classroom.
Respondent’s conduct included but was not limited to; throwing markers at students, throwing a
stapler at the wall and tipping over a desk.
CRYSTAL ANNISSA GRANT
Administrative Complaint
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The Petitioner charges:
STATUTE VIOLATIONS
COUNT I: The Respondent is in violation of Section 1012,795(1)(), 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 2: 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 io 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.
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 approptiate 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 yeats 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_ 43% — day of Tuly , 2015.
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PAM STEWART, as
Commissioner of Education
State of Florida
Docket for Case No: 15-007089PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Feb. 26, 2016 |
Order Granting Petitioner's Motion to Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Feb. 19, 2016 |
Order to Show Cause.
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Feb. 19, 2016 |
Notice of Ex-parte Communication.
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Feb. 18, 2016 |
Petitioner's Motion to Deem Facts Admitted and Relinquish Jurisdiction to the Education Practices Commission filed.
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Feb. 16, 2016 |
Letter from Crystal Grant requesting an extension filed.
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Feb. 10, 2016 |
Petitioner's Witness List filed.
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Feb. 10, 2016 |
Petitioner's Exhibit List filed.
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Feb. 09, 2016 |
Notice of Transfer.
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Jan. 11, 2016 |
Certificate of Service of Discovery filed.
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Jan. 06, 2016 |
Notice of Telephonic Pre-hearing Conference (set for February 18, 2016; 10:00 a.m.).
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Jan. 06, 2016 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Jan. 06, 2016 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for March 3, 2016; 9:30 a.m.; Daytona Beach and Tallahassee, FL).
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Dec. 28, 2015 |
Undeliverable envelope returned from the Post Office.
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Dec. 22, 2015 |
Amended Initial Order.
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Dec. 22, 2015 |
Petitioner's Response to Initial Order filed.
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Dec. 16, 2015 |
Initial Order.
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Dec. 16, 2015 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Dec. 16, 2015 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Dec. 16, 2015 |
Agency referral filed.
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