‘ 1 BEFORE THE TEACHER STANDARDS AND PRACTICES COMMISSION
2 0F TI-[E STATE OF OREGON
3 In the matter of the
Teaching and Administrative Licenses of: SURRENDER OF LICENSE AND
4 EDWIN THOMAS LEGACE, JR. ORDER
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6 Based on negotiations between the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission
7 (Commission) and Edwin Thomas Legace Jr., Mr. Legace has agreed to surrender his Oregon
8 Teaching and Administrative Licenses pursuant to OAR 584-050-0027. In entering this
9 stipulation, Mr. Legace understands that the Commission will accept the surrender of his licenses
10 and impose a revocation of the licenses. As part of the negotiations in this matter, the
11 Commission has agreed upon submission of an appropriate application, to issue to Mr. Legace an
l2 Administrative Teaching License in order to allow him to complete the current semester of his
13 employment as an administrator with the Crook County School District where he has been
14 working under a misassignment.
15 STIPULATION
16 1. Mr. Legace holds an Oregon Administrative License and an Oregon Teaching
l7 License.
18 2. During the 1987-88 school year, Mr. Legace had sexual contact, including sexual
l9 intercourse, with a l7 year old female high school student of the El Capitan High School in
20 Lakeside, California, while Mr. Legace was employed as a teacher at the school. As a result, the
21 student had a child in 1998, and Mr. Legace is the father of that child. Mr. Legace
22 maintains that sexual intercourse occurred on only one occasion.
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‘ l 3. Mr. Legace filed applications with the Commission for an Oregon Teaching
2 License in June 1993, August 1994, May 1996 and August 1996. On his applications, he
3 answered "no" to the questions: "Have you ever been released or have you ever resigned from
4 any educational position or school related employment because of a claim that you engaged in
5 misconduct or unsatisfactory service?" and "Have you ever resigned from an educational
6 position or school-related employment while under investigation for misconduct or
7 unsatisfactory service?" These statements were false because Mr. Legace had resigned from a
8 teaching position at the Grossmont Union High School in 1988 while under investigation by the
9 district for professional misconduct. -
10 Based on the above, Mr. Legace surrenders his teaching and administrative licenses, and '7
l l he understands that the Commission will revoke his licenses
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Edwin Thomas Legace Jr. Date
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l6 David V. Myton, Executive Date
Director, Teacher Standards and Practices Commission
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19 Based on the foregoing, the Commission finds that Edwin Thomas Legace I r. violated
20 OAR 584-020-0040(4)(c) and (f), accepts the surrender of all Oregon Teaching and
21 Administrative Licenses held by Mr. Legace and orders that the Oregon Teaching and
22 Administrative Licenses are hereby revoked
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‘ 1 DATED this ‘1L day of 1% 1999.
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David V. Myton, Executive Director
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