Damon Maurice Bates v. John L. Winn, as the Commissioner of Education

Appellant, Damon Bates, challenges the revocation of his educator’s certifícate by the Education Practices . Commission (EPC). He alleges that the EPC abused its discretion by failing to afford him proper notice of his informal hearing. We find that the EPC did abuse its discretion, and we therefore reverse and remand for further proceedings.

In order for the EPC’s notice of the informal hearing to have satisfied due process, it should have been “ ‘reasonably calculated under all the circumstances’ to inform [Mr. Bates] of the time and place of the informal administrative hearing.” Highsmith…