1 BEFORE THE TEACHER STANDARDS AND PRACTICES COMMISSION
2 OF THE STATE OF OREGON
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4 In the Matter of the )
5 Teaching 81, Personnel Service Licenses of ) DEFAULT ORDER
6 PERRY RICHMOND ) REVOKING LICENSES
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9 On March 13, 2000, the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (Commission)
10 issued a Notice of Opportunity for Hearing to Perry Richmond in which the
11 Commission proposed to suspend or revoke the teaching and personnel service
l2 licenses of Perry Richmond or otherwise impose discipline under ORS 342.177 based
13 on his false statements on his application for Oregon licensure regarding arrests and
l4 convictions and the fact that his California credential had been revoked based upon
15 conviction. The notice was sent via U.S. First Class Mail and U.S. Certified Mail
16 Receipt #Z 204 897 145, which was signed by Richmond on March 17, 2000 and
l7 returned to TSPC on March 20, 2000. Mr. Richmond did not request a hearing.
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19 FINDINGS OF FACT
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. 21 l. On or about June 15, 1998, Richmond made false statements on his
22 Application Form C-l for an Oregon Teaching License by answering “no” to
23 character questions two and nine. On April 13, 1998 Richmond had been
24 arrested in Costa Mesa, California on charges of Solicit a Lewd Act and
25 Loitering to Solicit Lewd Act.
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Z7 On or about September 14, 1998, Richmond was convicted of the crime of PC
28 647(A) Solicit Lewd Act and PC 647(D) Loiter to Solicit Lewd Act in Superior
29 Court, Orange County, California.
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31 3. On or about December 4, 1998, Richmond’s teaching credential was revoked by
32 the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing based on his convictions
33 on September 14, 1998 in Orange County, California.
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35 ULTIMATE FINDINGS OF FACT
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37 Perry Richmond made false statements on his Application Form C-1 for an Oregon
38 Teaching and Personnel Service Licenses regarding his convictions and the revocation
39 of his California teaching credential.
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41 - CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
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43 Mr. Richmond’s falsification of his application for Oregon licensure constitutes gross
44 neglect of duty in violation of OAR 584-020-0040(4)(c) and his convictions constitutes
45 gross unfitness in violation of ORA 584-020-0040(5)(a) and (b).
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. 1 ORDER

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3 The Commission revokes the Oregon Teaching License #304188, and the Oregon
4 Personnel Service License #811474, issued to Perry Richmond, for
5 gross neglect of dthy/and gross unfitness.

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7 Dated this Z i day of 2i f g , 2000.

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9 TEACHER STANDARDS AND PRACTICES COMMISSION

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13 By:

14 David V. M on, Ex cutive Director

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18 NOTICE OF APPEAL OR RIGHTS

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20 YOU ARE ENTITLED TO JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THIS ORDER. JUDICIAL REVIEW
21 MAY BE OBTAINED BY FILING A PETITION FOR REVIEW WITHIN 60 DAYS FROM
22 THE SERVICE OF THIS ORDER. JUDICIAL REVIEW IS PURSUANT TO THE

23 PROVISIONS OF ORS 183.482 TO THE OREGON COURT OF APPEALS.

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25 DVM/ cs

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28 CERTIFICATE OF MAILING

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30 I hereby certify that I served the foregoing order by mailing a true copy thereof certified
31 by me as such by regular U.S. mail and by U.S. Certified Mail with Return Receipt
32 Requested to:

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34 Perry Richmond

35 10250 La Hacienda Avenue #B- 13

36 Fountain Valley, CA 92708-7644

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39 Dated this / 7 day of , 2000.

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43 By.

44 C lene A. Smi

45 Executive Assistant to the Commission

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