Dauer v. Department of Education

OPINION BY

Judge LEADBETTER.

Bethany Dauer petitions for review of the decision of the Department of Education (Department) denying her application to add a certification to teach Spanish to her existing Instructional I certificate for elementary education. The Department denied the application because Dauer lacked a passing grade on a prerequisite test, ie., the Praxis II test in Spanish Content Knowledge. Dauer contends that the Department erred in failing to excuse, at least temporarily, her failure to pass this test. Dauer argues that either the Secretary should have granted the certificate…