1 BEFORE THE TEACHER STANDARDS AND PRACTICES COMMISSION

2 OF THE STATE OF OREGON

i In the Matter of the ) DEFAULT ORDER OF

5 Teaching License of ) REVOCATION OF

6 NICOLE DEANN PRICE ) RIGHT TO APPLY

g On September 30, 2009, the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission

9 (Commission) issued a Notice of Opportunity for Hearing to Nicole Dean Price (Price) in which
10 the Commission charged her with Gross Neglect of Duty pursuant to OAR 584-020-0040(4)(c).
11 The Notice was sent via U.S. First Class Mail and U.S. Certified Mail Receipt 7008 1140 0002
12 8580 8686 to the address on file with the Commission. The U.S. Postal Service delivered the
13 notice to Price on October 7, 2009. The Notice of Opportunity of Hearing, dated August 14,
14 2009, and signed by Victoria Chamberlain, Executive Director, stated:
15 “You, Nicole Deann Price, are entitled to a hearing on the proposed action of the
16 Commission. If you want a hearing, you must file a written request for a hearing with the
17 Commission within 21 days of the date of this notice. Attached to this notice is a copy of
18 the procedures, right of representation and other rights of parties relating to the conduct
19 of a hearing as required under ORS 183.413(2)."
2(1) Ms. Price did not request a hearing. The Commission, therefore, finds Ms. Price to be in
22 default and enters the following findings of fact, conclusions of law and order, based on the files
23 and records of the Commission concerning this matter.
24 FINDINGS OF FACT
25 1. On June 16, 2008, Ms. Price signed and submitted an Application for Education
26 License Form C-l upon which she responded “no” to character questions 1, 3, 4, and 7. The
27 appropriate answer to each of these questions should have been “Yes” based on the following
28 information pertaining to each question: (1) When Ms. Price was a permanent certified
29 employee of the Orange County Superintendent of Schools in California, she left educational
30 employment while the subject of an inquiry, review or investigation of alleged misconduct in

31 June 2005. (3) On June 30, 2005, Ms. Price ended her employment contract while under

32 investigation for possible misappropriation of public funds and possible receipt of funds under

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1 false pretenses. (4) On June 12, 2008, the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing

2 suspended all of her credentials, life diplomas or other certification documents for a period of

3 sixty days. (7) Ms. Price was disciplined by a public agency responsible for licensure when

4 she was suspended on June 12, 2008, by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

5 Price’s responses to each question constitutes gross neglect of duty under ORS 342.175(1)(b)

6 as it relates to OAR 584-020-0040(4)(c) (Knowing falsification of any document or knowing

7 misrepresentation directly related to licensure, employment, or professional duties.)

8 2. On August 4, 2008, Ms. Price made false statements in her explanation for “yes”

9 answers to questions 8 and 10 on the Application for Educator License Form C-1. In her
10 explanation, she said that she was “grateful that she did not injury anyone" during an accident
11 that occurred as a result of her DUII on June 16, 2006. However, a woman was hospitalized for
12 blunt head trauma as a result of her actions. This conduct constitutes gross neglect of duty
13 under ORS 342.175(1)(b) as it related to OAR 584-030-0040(4)(c) (Knowing falsification of any
14 document or knowing misrepresentation directly related to licensure, employment, or
15 professional duties.)
16 CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

17 Nicole Deann Price’s multiple false statements on her Application for Educator License
18 Form C-1 constitutes gross neglect of duty in violation of ORS 342.175(1)(b) as it relates to

19 OAR 584-020-0040(4)(c) (Knowing falsification of any document or knowing misrepresentation
20 directly related to licensure, employment, or professional duties.) The Commission’s authority
21 to impose discipline in this matter is based upon ORS 342.175.

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1 FINAL ORDER
2 The Commission hereby revokes the right of Nicole Deann Price to apply for an Oregon
3 teaching license.
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5 Approved by the Commission on November 6, 2009, effective November 9, 2009.
6 IT IS SO ORDERED THIS é fltday of July, 2010.
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16 NOTICE OF APPEAL OR RIGHTS
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18 YOU ARE ENTITLED TO JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THIS ORDER. JUDICIAL REVIEW MAY BE
19 OBTAINED BY FILING A PETITION FOR REVIEW WITHIN 60 DAYS FROM THE SERVICE
20 OF THIS ORDER. JUDICIAL REVIEW IS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ORS
21 183.482 TO THE OREGON COURT OF APPEALS.
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CERTIFICATE OF MAILING
l hereby certify that | served the foregoing notice of final order, certified by me as such, by mailing
U.S. First Class Mail and U.S. Certified Mail—Return Receipt Requested, addressed to:
Nicole Deann Price
204 Maxwell St.
Central Point OR 97502-3758
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Dated this day of July, 201 O.
By:
Melo y Hanso
Exec ' Ass nt
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