In re Licensing Appeal of J.H.

¶ 1. J.H. challenges the State Board of Education’s decision to retroactively suspend her professional educator’s license for five months based on its conclusion that she acted incompetently and engaged in misconduct while investigating a death threat. J.H. argues that the Board’s decision must be reversed because her license was effectively suspended for fourteen months prior to the Board’s decision, without notice or opportunity to be heard, in violation of 3 V.S.A. § 814 and the Board’s own rules. We agree that J.H.’s license was wrongfully withheld, and we vacate the Board’s decision.…