Petitioner: RICHARD CORCORAN, AS COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Respondent: RENATTO MANUEL HERNANDEZ
Judges: ROBERT S. COHEN
Agency: Department of Education
Locations: Miami, Florida
Filed: Jan. 10, 2020
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Thursday, February 20, 2020.
Latest Update: Jan. 29, 2025
STATE OF FLORIDA
EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION
RICHARD CORCORAN, as
Commissioner of Education,
Petitioner,
vs. CASE NO. 189-0725
RENATTO MANUEL HERNANDEZ,
Respondent.
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, Richard Corcoran, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative
Complaint against RENATTO MANUEL HERNANDEZ. 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 891169, covering the areas
of English, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Exceptional Student Education
(ESE) and Reading, which is valid through June 30, 2020.
2. At all times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as a Language Arts
Teacher at Miami Senior High School in the Miami-Dade County School District.
MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS
3. During the 2018/2019 school year, Respondent disparaged and embarrassed
students when he used a black marker to draw on the faces of students who fell asleep in his
class. Respondent told some students that he had drawn a penis on their face.
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RENATTO MANUEL HERNANDEZ
Administrative Complaint
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The Petitioner charges:
STATUTE VIOLATIONS
COUNT 1: 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 2: = The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Rule 6A-
10.081(2)(a)1, 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 S® day of September 2019.
;
RICHARD CORCORAN, as
Commissioner of Education
State of Florida
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Docket for Case No: 20-000104PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Feb. 20, 2020 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Feb. 19, 2020 |
Motion to Cancel Hearing and Relinquish Jurisdiction to EPC filed.
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Jan. 24, 2020 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Jan. 24, 2020 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for March 2, 2020; 9:00 a.m.; Miami and Tallahassee, FL).
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Jan. 23, 2020 |
Amended Response to Initial Order filed.
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Jan. 23, 2020 |
Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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Jan. 21, 2020 |
Notice of Appearance (Richard Asselta) filed.
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Jan. 13, 2020 |
Initial Order.
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Jan. 10, 2020 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Jan. 10, 2020 |
Finding of Probable Cause filed.
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Jan. 10, 2020 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Jan. 10, 2020 |
Agency referral filed.
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