It is officially 09:06AM, and this meeting will be in order. Okay, members. A couple reminders. Please keep your camera on so that we can record your presence, and now I'm gonna do roll call. Julia Dvorak here. Bobby Lynn Weir. Courtney McDonald. Rex Voor? Here. Thank you. Bennett Lascott? Here. Thank you. Veronica Galvan? Here. Glad you got your camera working, doctor Galvan. Tara Turk Zafran? Present. Thank you. Okay. A quorum is present. So now we are gonna take a moment of silence to get ourselves centered for
the day. So if you'll please join me in a moment of silence. Okay. Thank you, everyone. Alright. A couple of other quick reminders, board members know to keep your cameras on. Also, please, everyone keep your mics muted unless you're speaking. For voting, when we do a second, members, make sure we do a verbal second so that we can record that for the meeting minutes. And when we do the vote, make sure you hold your hand in the frame until we complete it so we can record that for the record as well. Okay. Members, y'all have any questions before we get started?
Okay. And then for everyone on here, this is being recorded, and everything in the chat is also part of the public record. So just keep that in mind. Okay. So I see on our agenda, we have an item for public comment. Do we have public comment? Nope. Okay. No public comment. Great. So then our next item is to approve the meeting minutes from our last meeting. Do we have a motion? I move to approve meeting minutes from the last, the the minutes from the last meeting. If you could state the date of that meeting, that would be really helpful.
Great. I move to approve the temporary suspension meeting minutes for 12/09/2025. Thank you, mister Gore. Do we have a second? I'll second. Thank you, miss Glasscock. Any discussion? All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Those opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Thank you so much. Okay. Miss Turk Saffron, did you have a question, or were you just raising your hand for the vote? Okay. All good. So our next item of business then will be our cases. So we can vote them all in one motion unless the person is here and
would like to speak. So I'm going to ask, is anyone here, or their attorney present that would like to speak on their case? And if so, raise your hand so that I can recognize you and then tell me what case you're here for. K, Rhonda. I see. We'll pull your case. That's number four on our agenda. Anyone else here to speak on a case? Oh, Jessica. That's number five on our agenda. Is there anyone else? Okay. So we're just pulling two cases out of this. Case number four for Rhonda Chapman. Case number five for Jessica Jean Cuellar.
Is that correct? Madam chair, I see miss, Jenkins here. Miss Jenkins, are you here to speak to the committee today about your matter? Hi. At this time, I wanted to refrain from engaging about my about my matter, until I receive counsel from my attorney. Okay. Okay. So there's two ways the committee does this. One is they can vote on cases individually if you would like to speak to them. If you would not like to speak with them, they'll consider your matter when they in bulk with other matters. So just to be clear, you do not wish to present or speak to the committee today on this matter.
Can you please repeat that one more time? So what, the chair is asking if anybody is here who would like to speak to them about their case before they take a main motion on, multiple temporary suspensions. And so if you would like to speak to the committee, you have the opportunity. You have ten minutes to present to them, to discuss with them. If you would like to speak with them, they can pull your case, and then you will have the opportunity after the main motion to talk about your case. So, I do I'm gonna I'm gonna refrain from speaking about my case to my attorney.
However, to be quite frank, I don't know anybody here. So if I can get, some I guess, an introduction, because I don't know anybody here. I don't know who's this is my first time ever in front of anybody from SBEC. So if if, if it's possible, can you all, introduce your roles or, how this pertains to to my case? Because Miss Jenkins, I Mhmm. We are happy to to set up some time with you offline. This meeting is the committee meeting,
and we have to get through the cases. So if you would like to address the board regarding your case, you can. If you would like to go offline to talk through the process or send us your attorney's information, we can also we can also do that. Okay. So then I will, I will not adjust the committee the committee at this time. Great. Okay. We can okay. So we're not gonna pull her case. We're gonna vote it in bulk. We're gonna vote it in bulk. Okay. So we're only pulling cases four and five for Rhonda Chapman and Jessica Jean Cuellar. Do we have a motion for all of the other cases?
I'll move to the motion. Great. Thank you. Okay. Alright. Motion in that? Yes. I can see it now. Thank you. I call to order temporary suspension cases as listed below. These cases concern the following respondents who were arrested for an offense that is subject to temporary suspension under Texas Education Code section 22 a dot two zero three, Chelsea Monet Jenkins, Sherry Lynn Davis, Armando Arnulfo Flores, Joseph Daniel Coons, Paul William Leafgreen, Jeremy Scott Maxfield,
Gaethan Samuel McGinnis, Kathleen Starr Mitchell, Casey Ramon sorry. I can't Casey Raymond Parker, Deshaun Darrell Parks, Matthew Bruton Stevens, John Derrick Taylor. I move that the temporary suspension committee grant the application for the temporary suspension against the respondents and enter a temporary suspension order. Quick question, staff. I didn't see Tracy Live Livesey on that list. Are we pulling her? Yes, ma'am. Tracy Tracy Livesey, got pulled because her criminal case was dismissed,
before we could we could present her. Okay. Well, thank you. Okay. Then on the motion that's currently in front of us, do I have a second? I'll second. Thank you, miss Glassbot. Any discussion? Are you ready for the question? All those in favor, raise your right hand. Those opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Okay. So then the two we pulled, four and five, and we don't need to discuss 11 for Tracy. Is that the case? Correct. Okay. Well, then let's start with number four, Rhonda Chapman.
I will turn it over to staff to present first. Really quickly, speakers, staff is gonna present first. You will have ten minutes to, address the committee meeting. I'll come off mute when you have one minute left, and then I'll come off mute and tell you that your time is up. Thank you. Darren? Good morning, chairwoman and, this this of the committee. I didn't get to do this beforehand. We voted on the rest of them. But, we have temporary cases to present to you. As a reminder, these temporary suspension cases for individuals who have educator certificates or arrested for offenses listed
under 22a.201a of the Texas Education Code and have been verified by staff as the same individuals who were arrested. Pursuant to 22 a two zero three of the Texas Education Code, if all those three requirements have been met, then you are required to temporarily suspend the educator certificates held by these individuals. Miss Chapman, on 10/08/2025, was arrested for the third degree felony offense of abuse of a child without great bodily harm in Florida, which is an offense listed under Texas Education Code section 22 a two zero one
a. Specifically, it's a crime that's in a different jurisdiction that is comparable to the ones that are listed there for the Texas penal code. The comparable case in this one is section 22.04, the Texas penal code, or an injury to a child. That is, mostly what I have for you there. She was arrested in October for a crime. We did verify that this is the same individual who was arrested, and that we ask that she temporarily suspend her certificate.
Thank you. And then I I can clarify as well too just for everyone joining that for this meeting, we can only really consider a couple things. Were they arrested, and is it the same person that we have certified? And if those two things are true, we temporarily suspend until the case goes further down the process. So just for clarity. The the, you need the third, prong as well of that the crime is one of the crimes. Yeah. Because if they get arrested for something else, that doesn't count. You know, it has to be one of the crimes. So yes,
ma'am. Good. Thank you for that clarity. Okay. So now we can turn it over to miss Chapman. Right, Cameron? Yes. Chapman, you will have ten minutes to speak. Oh, it looks like you're not on mute. Can't hear you. No, ma'am. No, ma'am. No, ma'am. We can't hear you. If you're joining through audio on your computer, you can also, select to call in. You can select switch to phone audio, and it'll transfer you if that, allows you to use your microphone. Well, members, do we are we able to pause this one and do the next one and
come back to this one? Yes. Yes. We can. Since there's no motion and there's no second, we can hold and then come back to this. Okay. So, miss Chapman, we're gonna pause, and we're gonna let you try to get connected to audio. We're gonna go to the next case with miss Cuellar, and then we'll come back and let you have your ten minutes. Okay. Miss Chapman, you don't have to be on video. So if it's better for you to phone in and talk to us, that's perfectly acceptable if you wanna call in through Zoom. Sorry. It's hard to work. No. That's helpful. Thank you. Okay. Then I'm gonna turn it back over to staff to present on our next case.
Yes, ma'am. So Jessica Jean Cuellar, is the second case. She was arrested on 10/09/2025 for the third degree felony offense of injury to a child, or elderly or disabled person with intentional bodily injury, which is an offense listed under Texas Education Code 22 a point two zero one a, as it is a title five felony. It is it is a violation of 22.04, the Texas penal code. Again, as stated for the the last case, there are three questions you have to to make sure that are answered correctly.
Was this person arrested? Were they arrested for a crime that is listed in the law? And have we been verified as the same person? She was verified, as the same person who was arrested as the person who holds this certificate. She was arrested for a crime that is listed, and she was arrested. So those are the three things. So we, ask that you temporarily suspend her. Thank you. Thank you. And now, miss Quay, you'll have ten minutes. Yes. Do you have it to us? Good morning. My name is Jessica Cuellar. I didn't know about the three requirements that mister Crabtree and miss Dvorak stated,
and all three of those are true. So I don't have anything else to say at this time. Thank you. Thank you, and thank you for being here. Members, do we have any questions? Okay. The members, do we have a motion? Oh, my question. Okay. For Rex. Go ahead. Thanks. I call to order temporary suspension case for Jessica Jean Cuellar as listed on the agenda. This case concerns a respondent who was arrested for an offense that is subject to temporary suspension under the Texas Education Code section 22 a dot 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 Glasslock. Do I have a second? I'll second. Thank you, miss Turk Safran. Members, any discussion? Okay. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Those opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Thank you. Okay. I saw that we had a phone number join us, so that might be miss Chapman. And we can go back to her case. Miss Chapman, are you with us? I am. K. Where are we going? I am. We can hear you. Miss Chapman, you will have ten minutes. Okay.
So I really don't know how these proceedings go, but, yes, I am the person that was arrested on October 7. However, that case was discharged. Okay. Thank you. Mister Crabtree, do you have information on that? We do not have information on that. To, Anna? Is it Anna? What's your name? Anna Amaro or somebody whoever's been sending me emails. Anna. Let me tell you her name. Anna. I think your name is Anna. Anna Amara. That's who's been responding to me, though I sent that to her.
Looking at my emails currently, and it it does work for TEA, so that is possible, but I do not have any knowledge of receiving anything like that. When did you send this, miss Chapman? I sent it to her on December 22. That's the date that, that case was discharged. So I sent it to her that same day. She was on vacation, so an automatic email came back that somebody else some guy let me see who was covering for her, but I didn't resend it to him.
I sent it directly to her because that is the person that I had been receiving emails from. I can send it to you all if you like. The person in that email is me. So Yeah. Yeah. So I never sent it out to him. I just said, okay. Well, when she comes back from vacation, then she'll get it, but I sent it directly to her. So staff, would it? I feel like we can do a couple of things. We could take a break, find come back, or we could postpone this until our next meeting in two weeks, and you could look into it. Which one or what would y'all prefer?
The the typically, what we we do with with these sort of cases if somebody, provides us proof that the case has been, dismissed criminally is we verify that as actually an accurate statement, and then the case would be dissolved at that point. We have not been able to verify that at this point. So, we could either wait till the next meeting. I can send it to you guys immediately because, I I mean, I still have the email that I sent her. Yes, ma'am. I I believe Anna just just, Yes. So sent but that's the the the the the get the email from Anna?
Yes. Okay. Yes. We we'd have to verify the if that is the the case. And Member Dvorak, chair Dvorak. My recommendation would be that we would table this case. I think there was a case we actually had, similarly in a previous time. You as you named, Cherry, you do come back in two weeks' time, and so that would give staff an opportunity to, have a further look. And then we can, either dissolve this case or as mister Crabtree named, bring it back to you at your next meeting. K. I am good with that. I would I need I know we need to verify everything,
but I am glad that miss Chapman is here so that we can make sure we move that along. Members, are y'all okay with tabling until our next meeting in two weeks? Okay. Then do we need a motion to do that? No. Okay. Will the members need discussion on this? If not, we are gonna table this matter so that we can allow staff time to verify the documents that miss Chapman has sent over. Miss Chapman, thank you for being here and sharing that with us. There are no other cases on our agenda today unless I'm missing anything,
staff, that we need to do before we adjourn. Nope. Just a reminder that your next meeting is January 22 and that these meetings are scheduled right now for every other Thursday at 9AM. So that's my only reminder. Thank you, Karen. Sorry. Just one thing to chime in. I I don't think the email staff got didn't actually contain any documents. So if you have documents, miss Chapman, if you could please resend them. Okay. I will resend them. Great. Hey, members, staff, any other discussion? Okay. Then it is 09:29,
and this meeting is adjourned.