State records reviewed by the Orlando Sentinel show 150 Florida teachers
have been disciplined for sexual misconduct with students in the past three years.
The newspaper reported Sunday that while most of the incidents did not warrant
criminal charges, some did and resulted in the teachers being convicted.
The records also did not include teachers, both male and female, suspended or fired
for improper behavior off school grounds or with individuals who were not students.
Florida passed a law this summer requiring school districts to report such firings
to a statewide database, and prohibiting them from making secret deals
allowing an accused teacher to quietly resign.
"We're doing everything we can to educate all of our employees about
what is right and wrong, consistently,"
said Wayne Blanton, executive director of the Florida School Boards Association,
who added that statistics show schools remain an overall safe place for children.
(UPI)
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