STATE OF FLORIDA EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION PAM STEWART, as Commissioner of Education, Petitioner, vs. CASE NO. 156-0519 KENYA KEPPEL, Respondent. / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, Pam Stewart, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative Complaint against KENYA KEPPEL. 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 1. The Respondent holds Florida Educator’s Certificate 925145, covering the area of Elementary Education, which is valid through June 30, 2019. 2. At all times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as a Kindergarten Teacher at Oriole Elementary School in the Broward County Schoo! District. MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS 3: On or about September 17, 2014, Respondent was charged with Driving While License Suspended. Respondent was adjudicated guilty of the charge by the County Court, in and for Broward County, Florida, on or about December 17, 2014. 4. On or about February 22, 2015, Respondent was arrested for Driving While License Suspended, Habitual Offender. The charge was amended to Driving with No Valid Driver’s License. On or about July 30, 2015, in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial KENYA KEPPEL Administrative Complaint Page 2 of 2 District, in and for Broward County, Florida, Respondent pled no contest to and was adjudicated guilty of the amended charge. The Petitioner charges: STATUTE VIOLATIONS COUNT 1: The Respondent is in violation of section 1012.795(1)(f), Florida Statutes, in that Respondent has been convicted or found guilty of, or entered a plea of guilty to, regardless of adjudication of guilt, a misdemeanor, felony, or any other criminal charge, other than a minor traffic violation. 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 ((@*"_ day of _YV\aychn , 2016. PAM STEWART, as __ Commissioner of Education State of Florida

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