STATE OF FLORIDA EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION PAM STEWART, as Commissioner of Education, Petitioner, vs. CASE NO. 134-3055 VERONICA JUNE MCCRAY, Respondent. ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, Pam Stewart, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative Complaint against VERONICA IUNE MCCRAY. 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 Canduct 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 429817, covering the areas of Elementary Education and English for Speakers of Other Languages (“ESOL”), which was valid through June 30, 2015. 2. At all times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as a First Grade Teacher at Lincoln Elementary School in the Palm Beach County School District. MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS 2 3, In or around March 2013 through April 2013, Respondent failed to report an allegation of sexual child abuse to the necessary governmental authorities. In or around March 2013, a parent informed Respondent that D.T., one of Respondent's students, was the victim of sexual child abuse, Despite recerving this notice, Respondent failed to report this allegation to the authorities as required by section 1006.061(1), Florida Statutes. VERONICA JUNE MCCRAY Administrative Complaint Page 2 of 2 The Petitioner charges: STATUTE VIOLATIONS COUNT 1: The Respondent is in violation of section 1012.795(1)(b), Florida Statutes, in that Respondent knowingly failed to report actual or suspected child abuse as required in s. 1006.061 or report alleged misconduct by instructional personne! or school administrators which affects the health, safety, or welfare of students as required in s. 1012.796, ‘COUNT 2: The Respondent is in violation of section 1012.795(1)G), 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 3: — 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. 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 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 6" dayof No lemo et, 2015. 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