Sexual Offenses Involving Students Sample Clauses

Sexual Offenses Involving Students. The following provisions regarding sexual offenses involving students and minors who are not students are in addition to the provisions in Article 21G(4) and will follow Article 21G(4): A tenured pedagogue who has been charged under the criminal law or under §3020-a of the New York State Education Law with an act or acts constituting sexual misconduct (defined below) shall be suspended without pay upon a finding by a hearing officer of probable cause that sexual misconduct was committed. A rebuttable presumption of probable cause shall exist where the Special Commissioner of Investigations (“SCI”) substantiates allegations of sexual misconduct, or a tenured pedagogue has been charged with criminal conduct based on act(s) of sexual misconduct. A report from the Chancellor’s Office of Special Investigations (“OSI”) substantiating allegations of sexual misconduct is relevant evidence of probable cause. In §3020-a proceedings, a mandatory penalty of discharge shall apply to any tenured pedagogue a) found by a hearing officer to have engaged in sexual misconduct, or b) who has pleaded guilty to or been found guilty of criminal charges for such conduct The 3020-a hearing should be completed within two months, but the suspension without pay shall be extended one additional month if the hearing has not been completed, unless the DOE has received an adjournment or otherwise delayed the proceeding. The suspension without pay shall also be extended until a criminal action is resolved and any 3020-a proceeding is also completed. If the 3020-a hearing results in a dismissal of the charges or if the criminal proceeding ends in an acquittal or dismissal (and the DOE has decided not to prefer charges), the pedagogue shall be entitled to back pay with interest for the entire period of the suspension without pay. For purposes of this section, sexual misconduct shall include the following conduct involving a student or a minor who is not a student: sexual touching, serious or repeated verbal abuse (as defined in Chancellor’s Regulations) of a sexual nature, action that could reasonably be interpreted as soliciting a sexual relationship, possession or use of illegal child pornography, and/or actions that would constitute criminal conduct under Article 130 of the Penal Law against a student or minor who is not a student. A letter of agreement dated October 3, 2005 regarding sexual offenders is attached as ATTACHMENT 1.
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Sexual Offenses Involving Students. A tenured supervisor who has been charged under the criminal law or under §3020-a of the New York State Education Law with an act or acts constituting sexual misconduct (defined below) shall be suspended without pay upon a finding by a hearing officer of probable cause that sexual misconduct was committed. In a probable cause hearing the hearing officer may accept hearsay as evidence of probable cause. A rebuttable presumption of probable cause shall exist where the Special Commissioner of Investigation (“SCI”) substantiates allegations of sexual misconduct, or a tenured supervisor has been charged with criminal conduct based on act(s) of sexual misconduct. A criminal complaint and corroborating affidavit or indictment will also create a rebuttable presumption of probable cause. A report from the Chancellor’s Office of Special Investigations (“OSI”) substantiating allegations of sexual misconduct is relevant evidence of probable cause. In §3020-a proceedings, a mandatory penalty of discharge shall apply to any tenured supervisor a) found by a hearing officer to have engaged in sexual misconduct, or

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