Getting a teaching license back

• 37 Utah teachers have regained their licenses since 1992.

The original offenses:

— 11 unprofessional conduct

— 6 sexual misconduct

— 5 drugs

— 6 computer porn/inappropriate sites

— 2 misuse school funds

— 2 sexual harassment

— Sex solicitation

— Inappropriate contact with students/misuse of a driver's ed vehicle

— Excessive force against students

— Sexual relationship with a student (8 years prior to revocation)

— Disorderly conduct

• How do teachers get their licenses back?

Requirements following a sex offense:

— Psychosexual evaluation

— Criminal background check

— Evidence of counseling, including counselors' letters and testimony

— Reinstatement hearing before panel of Utah Professional Practices Advisory Commission (UPPAC) members and hearing officer/attorney

— Written findings go to UPPAC for denial, approval or modification

— State Board of Education action

— Source: Utah Professional Practices Advisory Commission, Utah State Office of Education