I like to call to order. My name is Tara Turk Zafran, and I'm, and it is now 09:04AM, and the meeting will be in order. I'm gonna conduct roll call and ask that if, that when I call your name, please respond that you are present. Julia Dvorak is not here. Tara Jerkzafran here. Veronica Galvan? Here. Rex Gore? Mister Gore? Sorry. I'm we're mute. I'm here. Mhmm. Thank you. Vena Glasscock? Not here. Jamaica Gray? Present. And Bobby Lynn Ware?
Here. Thank you. A quorum is present. Now we will get started, as we always do, with a moment of silence to ground us before our work today. Please join me in a moment of silence. Thank you. Okay. Now we're gonna get started as we always do. Now here are a few meeting reminders to help, the meeting run a bit smoothly. Board members, to ensure we maintain a quorum, please keep your cameras on during the meeting. In order to capture an accurate vote, please raise your hand and keep it in the frame until the vote is complete. And when we second a motion,
please do it verbally so we can capture it in the record. Everyone, please keep your mics on mute unless you're speaking. Reminder, that these meetings are live streamed and recorded. Anything you put in the chat is also part of that record. For those of you joining us today, welcome. If you are here to discuss your case with the board, you will have that opportunity. First, we're going to approve the minutes from our previous meeting. Then we're going to Ms. Terceffren, there are no minutes from the previous meeting. That's an error on the agenda. So, you can skip that item.
Okay, so we are not doing that. Okay. Present today. Okay. Our first order of business is to Okay, so we're not doing that right now. Okay, now that takes us to our next order of business, our cases for today, consideration of the application for temporary suspension with notice of the license for Texas educator certificate holders. Okay, are we going to, we have our cases for today. Which cases are we pulling? I think, so she's asking staff first if y'all have any cases to pull And then we'll take the names of people in that have come to speak.
Okay. All right. Perfect. Staff, are there any cases for us to pull? Yes. We have three cases. Number 17, Maria Esther Ramirez. Number 21, Charles Robiloto. And number 27, Candice D. Wychen. Okay. So, it's 27. And what was the second one again? 21. 21. And then Maria is number? 17. 17. Alright. Those cases. Okay. Today. Okay. Do we have a do we pull the motion? I'm sorry. This is my first day doing this, so I'm just kind of so the next question is for my visitors.
If you could tell us who you are representing, and then we will take your case individually. So, it might be easier if I call the names of the people I see. If you'll come off mute, tell me either if it's for yourself or for your client. Miss Turk Sarfran, if you'll keep note of those numbers, and then that's those are the the additional cases that we'll take separately. Okay. So right now, it's just 17, 21, and 27. Yes. Okay. So is there anyone here for Lucero Alanis? It myself. Oh, okay.
So number one. Is there anyone here for Lorinda Bacardo? K. Caleb Ian Carter? Robert Jerome Custer? Eddie Lee Durham, Brianne Rees Halcomb, Chasten King, Raquel Ann Kerstbel, Kelvin Leyva Leyva, Patricia a Lopez, David Ezekiel Martinez Serraus. Here. For yourself? For yourself. Yes. So that's number 14. Okay. So 14 also. Mhmm. Jonathan Michael, Gerardo Benito Moreno Mendez, Joseph Mosley, Maria Esther Ramirez,
Martha Ramirez? Oh, just to clarify, we pulled Maria Sorry. Martha Esther Ramirez. Thanks, Sonali. But not Martha. Right? Not we pulled Esther Right. Ramirez. There's there's a Martha p Ramirez and a Martha Esther we called Esther. But I have Martha Esther? I have Maria Esther and I have Martha p. Oh, okay. Then that's Maria. I'm sorry. I I deleted that name from my list, so I don't remember her first name. Okay. So Martha p Ramirez,
Brendan Rafael, Charles Robolotto, Wilbur Isabella. He he was pulled. Okay. Charles. You pulled Charles. Right? I'm sorry. We're here on Charles. It and you pulled it, so that means it's being dismissed? That's me. That means they are not going to vote on that case today, mister Tredico. Yes. So no action will be taken. Alright. And so is his license is gonna stay intact? Correct. In whatever state it's in right now. So if it's flagged, it will stay flagged, but it will not be temporarily suspended. Alright. That's what I need to know. Thank you. Thank you, mister Chidico. Have a good day. You too. Okay, y'all.
That takes me to number 22. Right? Wilbur we're we're good on okay. Wilbur Siqueiros. Laura Silas? Yes. Joanna Fernandez, Preston, representing miss Laura Cienes. And also So that's that's number 23. Okay. Taylor Spano. Vaughn Robert Taylor, Edward Vermillion Wise? Yes. Randall Duke representing mister Wise. Hi, mister Duke. Thank you. Good morning. So that is What number? Number 26, Candace Wyszyn, Jeffrey Wood, and Earl sorry? Oh, just to clarify, we pulled Candace Swyshen.
Okay. Jeffrey Wood or Earl Woods? If if you were just speaking to me, I think you were on mute, so I can't identify which case it is. I'm here for Earl Woods, Paxton, Adams. I apologize. That's okay. Thank you, mister Adams. That's number 29. 29? Okay. Got it. Okay. So for so for everyone, we're gonna take all the cases where, no one is present, no one came off of mute as one vote, and then we will individually hear the other cases. You'll have ten minutes to address the subcommittee, on your case or your client's case.
Doctor. Do you have a motion? If you give me just a minute, I deleted, pulled the individuals who are here and it messed up the numbering formatting. It was auto number and I just want to make sure. We can either read the case names or if you want the case number, actually, give me just a second to update that number and I will screen share shortly. Mister Gore, I know you're leaving at 09:30. Miss Gray, do you also have a a hard stop at 09:30? I have a, another Amazing. Yeah. At 09:30. I totally forgot. Okay.
I just wanna make sure the rest, miss Weir, miss Terzagra, and doctor Galvan, y'all are okay to stay? Okay. Perfect. Thank you. Can we increase it just a bit? Oops. I apologize. Woah. This is not going. Is this any better? I apologize. I don't know what's going on with my work today. But, some of them have case numbers. But if you can just read the case names so we know which individual we're talking about. Okay. I don't know about you guys. I cannot see the motion itself, but if the rest can, that's fine. Do I have a motion?
I can call them a motion. Do we have to read all the names as well? Yes. I'll call the motion the issuance of temporary suspensions, cases number as listed on the agenda. Five, Lorinda Bacardo, six, Caleb n Carter, Robert Jerome Custer, eight, Eddie Lee Duran, Durham, nine, Brianne Reese Holcomb, Chasten King, Rachel Ann Kurzfeld, Kelvin Levi, Patricia a Lopez, David Ezekiel Martinez, Suras, Jonathan Michael, Gerardo. Hold on. I know mister Suras
is here. So Okay. We are going to officially remove his name from this mission. Jonathan Michael, Gerardo Benito, Marino Mendez, Joseph Mosley, Martha p Ramirez, Brendan Rafael, Wilbert Antonio Siqueiros, Laura Elisa Silas, Taylor Reese Spano, Von Robert Taylor, and Jeffrey Wood. Thank you. Members don't have a second. I I'm sorry, y'all. I need the rest of that motion, Sonali. Like, they're calling them to order. Thank you. Excuse me.
Jordan speaking. Did you all mention Laura Silas? Because she's represented. She said Silas? Yes. S I l a s. No. We're present, ma'am. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Is she on that list, Sonali? Will you she was on that list. I removed her. And if you can just confirm that we are removing, miss Silas, from consideration in this motion. We are considering removing, just your name again? You just arrested all. Morris Silas. Morris Silas off of this motion. Thank you. And then, miss Gray, if you could just read those last two lines.
These cases concern the following respondents who were arrested for defense that is subject to temporary suspension under Texas education code section two two eight dot two zero three. I move that the temporary suspension committee grant the application for the temporary suspension against their respondents and enter a temporary suspension order. Thank you. Members, do I have a second? I second. Thank you, mister Warr. All those in favor stop sharing. Thank you. Thank you. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Those opposed,
same sign. Motion carries. Okay. Let's move on to our first case. I believe we pulled number one to start. So, well, number four, Lucero Alanis? Lucero Alanis. Ma'am, this is mister Shergold. I'm representing the for mister Hernandez. Did I understand that you're pulling Laura Cidias' case from consideration today? No. It it was just pulled from that motion because we will be taking her case up individually. We will the board will be discussing her case before they take a vote on that motion.
But she was not part of that motion earlier. But very well. Well, mister Hernandez and I are will stand ready when we're called. Thank you. Okay. Lucero Olonis, if you would hi. So Hi. You you will have ten minutes to address the subcommittee. I will keep time, and as your time winds down, I will come off of mute to tell you that your time has come to an end. Staff, if you would like to present first. Yes. I'm ready when you are. All right. So, on 05/17/2026, respondent was arrested for the state jail felony of abandoning or endangering a child,
elderly individual, or disabled individual, under Texas Education Code 22 A-two zero one. This is a Title five offense. So, that is one of the covered offenses here. The staff have verified that this is the individual that was arrested and who who also has a Texas educator certificate. So, accordingly, temporary suspension is required under the Texas Education Code. Miss Alanis, the time is yours. Oh, Hi. Good morning, y'all. I the incident, how it happened was, I in my opinion,
was very escalated. It was my own child. She decided to be a grown up, and she took my wallet to go get lunchables. So, what happened was that I had to call 911 because I couldn't find her. And when they found her, they just stated, like, almost like, you have to be arrested, and I was like, but why? And so right now, it's just I'm waiting for them to, like, send me to, like, court. I have a lawyer for that. So but, I'm still process of that going on. I haven't received anything. I'm okay as of now, but my lawyer is very,
how do I say it? The the way that it was done, how everything happened was very like, the case, what happened was that I snoozed. I took a nap, and my daughter decided to leave. So it was just very traumatizing in my opinion. So I'm working through that. I don't I'm not in danger like, I like what I do. I don't think I should be suspended. I don't want to be suspended in another case. So yes. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. I'm so sorry that that happened,
and I'm I'm sure I can understand how those things kinda get out of hand. However, we are bound by statute. And, if the arrest remain I mean, if the arrest is taken off record, I would just advise you to contact staff and let them know. So, but this is for a temporary suspension order. So until the arrest is cleared, we have to we have to follow the statute. But I I encourage you to get that cleared up as soon as possible so, you know, we can reinstate you right away. K. Can I have a motion? I'll do it. I called to order,
temporary suspension case number four, Luciano Alliance, as listed on the agenda. The this case concerns the respondent who was arrested for an offense that is subject to to temporary suspension under Texas Education Code section 22 a two zero three. I moved that the temporary submission committee grant the application for the temporary suspension
against the the respondent and enter a temporary suspension order. Thank you, miss Ware. Do I have a second? Second, Jamika. Thank you, miss Jamika. Okay. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Thank you. Those opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Alright. And we have our next case, please. Miss missus Alanis, you are free to go whenever you're ready. You don't have to stay here for the duration of this meeting. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Bye bye. K. That brings us to the next case,
which I believe is number is it 14? Yes. Okay. Our case for mister David Ezekiel Martinez. Are you? Steph? Good morning. Yes. So, on 05/11/2026, respondent was arrested for the second degree felony of improper relationship between an educator and student, the second degree felony, possession of child pornography and third degree felony of sexual performance of a child with intent to produce, direct, and or promote. All three of these offenses qualify under Texas Education Code 22 a two zero one.
The first one qualifies under 22 A two zero one A one B, and the second two are under subsection C. So staff has also verified that the individual that was arrested is the same individual who possesses a Texas educator certificate. So, accordingly, under Education Code of 22 A-two zero three, the respondent is required to be temporarily suspended. You have ten minutes to address the board. I will keep time, and as your time winds down, I will come off of mute. Okay. Good morning, y'all. I'm I won't take much of this time.
I I was arrested for these charges, and I don't think there will be anything for me to say about it, to counterparty. So I accept the suspension of my of my certificate. Okay. Thank you, mister Martinez. Staff, can we have a motion, please? Members? I call to order temporary suspension case number 14, David Ezekiel Martinez Sures as listed on the agenda. This case concerns a respondent who was arrested for an offense that is subject to
temporary suspension on the Texas Education Code section 22 a two zero three. I move that the temporary suspension committee grant the application for the temporary suspension against the respondent and enter a temporary suspension order. Thank you, miss Gray. Members, do I have a second? All second. Thank you, miss Ware. Okay. All those in favor of the motion, please raise your right hand. All those opposed, thank you. All those opposed, same sign. K. Motion carries. Thank you. Mr. Martinez, you are free to leave this, exit this meeting at any time. Thank you.
Alright. Our next case, number 17, mister Joseph Mosley. Alright. On 05/16/2026, respondent was arrested for the second degree felony offense of indecent assault of a disabled or elderly individual. This is a Title V offense under Texas Penal Code 20 two-twelve. Staff has verified that the respondent arrested was also the same person that possesses a Texas educator certificate. So, accordingly, under Texas Education Code 22A203, the respondent is required to be temporarily suspended at this time.
Thank you. Is, who's representing, mister mister Moseley? I didn't have a markdown. I don't, did he appear? I think you can move to the motion, mister San Fran. Okay. Alright. There we go. Staff, can I have a motion, please? Members, do I have a motion? Okay. I call to order the temporary suspension case number 17. Joseph Mosley is listed on the agenda. This case concerns respondent who was arrested for an offense that is subject to temporary suspension. Okay. The motion just went away. Thank you. This case concerns a respondent who was arrested for an offense that is subject to
temporary suspension order under Texas Education Code section 22 a point two zero three. I move that the temporary suspension committee grant the application for the temporary suspension against the respondent and enter a temporary suspension order. Members, do I have a second? I'll second. Thank you, miss Ware. K. All those in favor of the motion, please raise your right hand. Thank you. Those opposed, same sign? Miss Ware, are you for or against the order? I apologize. I'm for the order. Okay. Thank you. Alright. Motion carries. Thank you.
Miss Turk Saffron, for the record, mister Gore and miss Gray are no longer present. Okay. So for our quorum, do we have You are fine for our quorum as long as my remaining members stay here and stay on the screen. Okay. Perfect. Thank you. Cameron, by chance, can you remove me from one of those? Yes. Because I think that's why we have the f of. There you go. Much better. Thank you. Miss Safran, I'm sorry. The floor is back to you. Alright. Thank you. Our next case is number 21,
Charles, Robiloto. No. He's been pulled. Oh, he's been oh, okay. 23. Laura Ciaz? John Shergold and Mr. Hernandez here for Ms. Cias. Staff, you want to go ahead? Yes. Okay. On 05/20/2026, Ms. Seas was arrested for the third degree felony offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual, and the third degree felony offense of tampering with a school record. The first offense is under 22A-two zero one of the Texas Education Code, and that's subsection A to,
since it's a Title V offense. And the second offense is an offense involving school property under Texas Education Code 22 a two zero one a one d. So both of these offenses are covered under Texas Education Code, 22 a two zero three. And, oh, one more thing. Staff has verified that the respondent is the same person that was arrested and possesses a Texas educator certificate. So, accordingly, we are required by statute to temporarily suspend this educator certificate. You all can go ahead. I'm your your time starts.
Mister Hernandez, go ahead and start. And I'll I'll use the rest of the time after you're finished. Yes. Of course. Ladies and gentlemen, committee, basically, representative, Lawrence, Silas. Basically, what we believe is that, you know, the statute for some reason, you know, we in this country have the presumption of innocence. And, it seems like it is skewed for some reason that it negates a presumption. And, although it is temporary suspension, it's still preventing the individual from, you know, working from employment and for their sustenance of their families and lives.
So we believe that it is highly, you know, unfair for this to occur since these are mere accusations. All we have here is a complaint and not even an indictment. If at least there would have been an indictment secured by a grand jury, then it would be more credible, you know, for the committee to look at and say, well, you know, there's been a an indictment issued by, the peers of the community. Here, all we have is a complaint, somebody stating something, and then an arrest. And basically for them to suspend or for, you know, for for GEDH to spend license temporarily,
it basically injures the individual that is the teacher who has been there for so many years. So we respectfully ask that you, you know, vote no to the temporary suspension and allow miss Phillips to continue, teaching, which, previously, the records already flagged, you know, and it's difficult to to obtain employment anyway. So I think this is like a a double jeopardy type of situation where it's affecting the individual. You know, it's our they're already at a a predicament because of this flagging. So we respectfully ask that you, vote, nay,
to the, suspension. Thank you. Ask to miss Sherpa. Thank you, mister Hernandez. Thank you. Has one more she has one more representative. That's correct. So you will have eight minutes. Okay. Thank you. I just wanna make sure that there's a quorum present. Can I get can I ask for a roll call as to who's present listening, please? We have, myself. Mister Zephyrin, if you could hold for one moment. If my OAG representative could come off of mute for this one, that would be incredibly helpful. Okay. Is he off mute? Nope. I believe he is now.
Attorney general, if you are I'm here. Thank you. Can you go ahead and handle that one, please? So can, you're wanting another roll call vote now? Absolutely. There's been some folks who've left the, hearing during the process. I wanna know if there's a quorum. I'd like to ask if there's a number of commissioners, present to make a quorum. Cameron, can you go ahead and do a roll call? I can. So we have miss Turk Zafran? Present. Miss Bobbie Lynn Weir? Here. Doctor Galvan?
Present. Miss Dvorak is on maternity leave. Mister Gore is not present. Miss Jameka Gray is also not present. We have three members. Three of the five? Three of the five. That's a quorum. And did they announce I didn't hear the third person announce they were present. Doctor Galvan. I am present. Thank you. Well, thank you. And I agree with mister Hernandez. The unfortunate issue here is that there is no due process in this situation, because the statute as written by the state legislature really gives this committee no choice but
other to temporary suspend, unfortunately. And the rule is that get due process, you're allowed to present evidence, you're allowed to have that evidence reviewed, then a decision is made. Unfortunately, this is not the way the statute was written, and I believe that this is going to be recorded. So, possibly in the next legislative session, the law can be amended. I will know this, that school teachers can be accused like our client has. It's all it is, like Mr. Hernandez said,
is an accusation. There is no indictment. There is no, concrete evidence that's been presented today other than just about a paragraph that was read into the record. This teacher has been teaching for over twenty years without incident. She is innocent. She has been falsely accused, and, it is a travesty to see school teachers such as our client be temporarily suspended, which is tantamount to like Mr. Hernandez related is a suspension. Under the old rules,
the flag was on the certificate. The investigators, so TEA, would would conduct their diligent, investigation. The teacher would be allowed to continue to teach, if the local school district stated or had had made that decision. You know, the interesting thing is I go back to the days when Jim Maddox, probably nobody really remembers mister Maddox. He was the attorney general many years ago. You have one minute, sir. And and he would be he would be the first one that would be advocating against this statute to be the first one in the state legislature to overturn it.
This is not something that I believe that is good for Texas or good for our client or any other teachers. And I believe that the attorney general's office is who's represented here today, we appreciate their presence. And hopefully, this policy will be changed so that teachers like Nicias would have the opportunity to produce evidence and be able to have a fair hearing as the old policy buzz when the when the, investigators would make a decision. And then at that point, the teacher would be able to petition for an administrative hearing under with the TEA,
attorneys. That's this process has usurped the entire constitution of our state. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your testimony. I understand your frustration. However, as the the SBAC committee, we are bound by statute, so we must follow the statute. And I'm I'm sorry. I I hope everything gets cleared up. When it does and as soon as it does, then, you know, they'll be conducting their investigation and, you know, they can come back and just we'll reinstate it. But as of right now, we we have to follow the statute.
So I'm I'm really sorry. Deb, can I have a motion, please? I call to order temporary suspension, suspension case number 23, Laura Ellis, Silas. As listed on the agenda, this case concerns a respondent who was arrested for an offense that is subject to temporary suspension under Texas Education Code Section 22 a two zero three. I move that the Temporary Suspension Committee grant the application for the temporary suspension against the respondent and enter a temporary suspension order. Thank you, miss Ware.
Members, do I have a second? K. I will second. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Miss Galvan? Miss Galvan is a nonvoting member. Oh, nonvoting member. Okay. Okay. Those opposed, same sign? Motion carries. You all are free to stay for the duration of this meeting or free to exit at any time. I just had a question, procedural. Was there a non, was there a non voting individual that was considered part of the quorum? Nonvoting members are considered part of the board, part of the committee, and count for a quorum. Oh, note my objection under the state constitution.
You're you are welcome to submit anything later, but we need we have an a stop at 10AM, and we need to get to the rest of the people who have been waiting. So if you'd like to wait till the end, we can set up some time and have mister, and have Steven, our OIG, come off of mute, but we need to move to the next meeting. Objection for for purposes of the of this hearing. Thank you very much. Will we be excused? Yes. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Our next case is number 26, Edward Vermulen Weiss. Alright. On am I good to go?
Sorry. I don't know if y'all want me to, like, confirm that they, like, pop up and they're there. And then I think you're you're good to go. I don't I don't see anyone coming off of mute. No worries. So, on 05/08/2026, this respondent was arrested for the third degree felony of child grooming. This is an offense under Texas Education Code 22 A-two zero one A-one because it's an offense which requires the defendant to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The staff have verified that this respondent is the same individual that was arrested and
possesses a Texas educator certificate. So, accordingly, under Texas Education Code 22 A-two zero three, the respondent is required to be temporarily suspended. May we respond? Oh, yes. Mister Duke, you have ten minutes. Alright. Thank you so much. Our concern is with the application and the affidavit itself. They state that TEA, quote, received information indicating, end quote, an arrest on 05/08/2026, and that TEA, quote, confirmed, end quote, identity via the ECOS criminal history comparison.
However, there's no primary source documents attached or even specifically identified, in the application or affidavit, such as an arrest warrant, magistrate complaint, information indictment, booking sheet, or actual DPS notification. The affidavit describes the affiant as comparison of, quote, unquote, criminal history information of the arrested individual, but doesn't produce, quote, or attach it. Exhibit a only includes redacted, demographics and the certificate printout, only indicating that the educator is under review.
Now even with the the relaxed evidentiary standards for administrative hearings, the statute itself, the the operative statute requires evidence. There is no evidence of an arrest, and there is no evidence of the the nature of the arrest to flange in to the statute indicating that temporary suspension is appropriate. The the statements are conclusory. They're they're hearsay. Again, if there were some documents such as an arrest warrant, indictment information, something of that nature,
I think it would be sufficient. But under the statute, it's not. There's no proof. The prima facie case has not been made. And on that basis, we ask that the application be denied. I'm gonna hand that over to staff. Was there an arrest record? Yeah. So, the investigation that we do is accompanied by a TEA affidavit, which is Exhibit A to the temporary suspension notice that we submit. So, that's us saying and attesting under a signed affidavit that we have reviewed This is the individual that's been arrested.
And they meet the statutory requirements under 22A-two zero one. So, from what I see, all the standard, sufficient legally sufficient documents were submitted to you all. So, I'm not seeing the disconnect here. But that's essentially all I have to say. Matthew Bauchner: May we respond further? That's up to the, mister Zacker. That's entirely a treat. Yes. So I wasn't sure if his if he still had time or not. Yes. Go ahead and respond. Alright. The the the statement I just heard is is exactly the point.
That's the problem. You have a conclusory affidavit. Anybody can make an affidavit and say, look. I checked and there was an arrest, and it was for third degree grooming. That's entirely different than if the affidavit said, according to the attached, for example, arrest warrant, indictment, information, booking sheet, etcetera. As per these attached, the arrest was made, and this was the charge. We don't have those. Again, the the statute requires evidence, competent evidence, and that affidavit, is not.
Prima facie case under the statute has not been made. So the statute requires that we hold on. Mister mister Tine, please oh, sorry. Mister Xaphan, your camera went out, and I just need to make sure that it always stays on. Thank you. No. It's there. I think it's just, a sorry, Omar. Go ahead. Doctor. No, it's okay. Doctor. So, the Texas Education Code gives us the authority to promulgate rules to meet the ends of the Section twenty two(two zero three). And there is no rule that heightens this sort of standard that we need to
provide XYZ specific document. What we have here is a simple and it is pretty, strict liability in that if they are arrested, then we have to suspend. But that is the that is the box of the rule. There isn't a specific affidavit or I'm sorry, a specific, you know, arrest record that we have to include. The affidavit and the affiant, that is the evidence and the testimony that I'm giving to show that these statutory requirements are met. That is the evidence. But there's nothing specific that's required under any rule that we have here.
So, I think as far as, like, if you all want a change to be made, that's something that would need to be addressed with the legislature. One final point, please. Mhmm. Well, actually, I can't. Mhmm. That's for the the chair. Yep. Sorry. I just need to get one final point briefly. Alright. Hold on. Thank you, Mr. Duke. Feel free to respond. And, Cameron, how much more time is left on? He has about two minutes. And when he's done, miss Saffron, if you'd like me to talk a little bit more about the process for the affidavit, I'm happy to do that. Perfect. Thank you. Go ahead, mister Duke. Alright. Thank you so much.
Respectfully, I disagree that there are only a set rules, that we're working on. But first, it's a fundamental due process concern, and the due process I'm referring to is different than than previous councils. It's like you you you you've got to present the evidence. In fact, under 22 a two zero two, it specifically says, if the board based on evidence presented based on evidence presented finds that there there's compliance with the statute, then the temporary suspension becomes effective based on evidence. We don't have evidence here.
We have a conclusory statement and an affidavit. That's the point. Thank you, mister Duke. Cameron, if you can respond to that. So for my current board members, we've talked about this a little bit, but, investigations gets an arrest record from various sources. We have DPS hits. We have arrest hits. They come in. The investigator collects those documents, gives them to a notary. We verify the arrest. We verify the individual that it matches your ECOS records, and the affidavit, is the document that we produce.
With confidentiality, criminal history reports, we can't we can't just release all of those in all of those documents. So the affidavit is the document that says we have verified the arrest and that the individual is the individual being presented before you today. As as stated by by miss Terence Zafran, you are bound by statute in this incident. And, mister Duke, we appreciate you being here today. And I I turn it back over to miss Zafran. Thank you. Yes, mister Duke. So, and for the, for the application. I again,
I understand all of your frustrations. However, there's really our hands are tied. We're bound by the statute itself, based on the, information that, that is presented to us. And just like mister, mister Otani had stated, I mean, these are the things that are legislative issues, so that has to be taken up with the legislature. We, on the other hand, we're just bound by the statute and what the statute says and what we're presented with. So can I staff, can I have a motion on the screen with that being said? I call to order temporary suspension case number 26,
Edward Vermeiman Wise as listed on the agenda. This case concerns a respondent who was arrested for an offense that is subject to temporary suspension under Texas Education Code Section 22 a, two zero three. I move that the temporary submit suspension committee grant the application for the temporary suspension against the respondent and enter a temporary suspension order. Thank you, miss Ware. I will second that. Alright. All those in favor, raise your right hand. Opposed, same sign. Motion
carries. And that will bring us to our last case for today, number 29, Earl W. Woods. On 05/18/2026, respondent was arrested for the third degree felony of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual with intent to commit bodily injury. This does qualify under Texas Education Code 22A two zero one. Which one? Oh, yeah. A2A because it's a Title five offense, a Title five felony. I'm sorry. It's a yeah. It's under Title V.
The staff have verified that the individual arrested is the same one who is also in possession of a Texas educator certificate. So, under Texas Education Code 22A-two zero three, the respondent is required to receive a temporary suspension at this time. May I proceed? Yes. Your time starts now. Okay. Good good morning. My name is Paxton Adams. I represent mister Woods. I share the same sentiments as two lawyers that made due process arguments, but I understand, the fact that that's a legislative issue and and your hands are somewhat bound.
I don't know if completely, however. Briefly, mister Woods, you you are correct. Mister Woods, we will concede, was arrested on 05/18/2026 by HPD officer Derek Carter. His badge number is 293. Mister Woods was was not spoken to. We had court last Friday, August 10. I received discovery in this case, the day before, August 9, reviewed it, spoke with the prosecutor on Friday. His name is Phil Fassler. Mister Fassler, unfortunately, is out of town this week. He's got two wonderful children of his own, and they're planning a vacation.
I took him a number of documents, explained the case. He is gonna get back with me as soon as he gets back from vacation. Mister Woods, has been an educator and a track coach for years within the area. Very well respected man. I've known him, I wouldn't say since I was a young man, but twenty years ago, I was younger than I am as I sit here now. We provided mister Fassler with a number of awards, the actual awards. Mister Woods received teacher of the year about a month or two before this incident. This incident is a issue. He was a track coach. We believe he was trying to motivate a child.
This is not gonna be a discipline issue. It's a hey. Keep your head up. I believe this case will go away. I sincerely do. The problem and predicament we have as we sit here today is that my next court date is August 19. So here we are. I understand the statute. I'm not asking anyone to go outside what the statute requires. But what I am asking to consider, if it's at all possible, is for this, committee, the form that is here, to consider continuing this matter perhaps until I meet with mister Fassler.
I heard the very first hearing. There is benefit of being the last on the list sometimes. And I know that they expressed a wish that one lady, who said she had a lawyer get this taken care of and notify you as quickly as as that case goes away if that's in fact what happens. I believe I can have that accomplished by August 19. While I can't ask you to go outside of the statute and that it requires if there is an arrest, what you must do. But if there is any room to continue this for whatever reason the law would allow that's justified, I would ask you to do it until after August 19, and I believe I can sit here in front of this camera and say that
this case has been resolved. I appreciate your time. I appreciate, getting to represent mister Woods. He's a benefit to this community, to the teaching profession, but I understand, where you all are proceeded, what you have to do, and we appreciate you being there. We truly do. Thank you. Thank you so much. I appreciate that. And I appreciate your understanding of, our bounds of statute. So, again, I really hope this, it gets resolved as fast as possible and, that you're able to. And as soon as, you know, as soon as it is resolved and everything, you can just, you know,
re we'll Have it reinstated right away. And I understand it's, you know, that's still a month from now, but, again, I'm really sorry, but there's really not much we can do. Understood. Thank you so much. Staff, can I have a motion please? Call to order temporary suspension, case number 29, Earl W. Woods as listed on the agenda. This case concerns a respondent who was arrested for an offense that is subject to temporary suspension under Texas Education Code section 22 a two zero three. I move that the temporary suspension committee grant the application for the temporary suspension against
the respondent and enter a temporary suspension order. Thank you, miss Ware. I will second that. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Thank you. Those opposed, same sign. Motion carries. And with that, that concludes our cases for today. You just need to state the time, and you can adjourn the meeting. Okay. The time is now 10AM, and this meeting can I call that this meeting is adjourned?