Eicks v. Teacher Standards & Practices Commission

Petitioner seeks judicial review of the final order of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC) denying the renewal of her teaching license. Petitioner assigns error to the TSPC’s conclusion that she engaged in gross neglect of professional duties “to exemplify personal integrity and honesty” and “to use professional judgment” when she allowed her foster son to stay in her car in the school parking lot during work hours, arguing that, the conduct does not relate to her profession. Because we conclude that the TSPC failed to demonstrate a nexus between petitioner’s professional…