1 BEFORE THE TEACHER STANDARDS AND PRACTICES COMMISSION
2 OF THE STATE OF OREGON
3 In the Matter of the )
4 Licensure of ) DEFAULT ORDER OF
5 JOHN DOUGLAS ELDER ) DENIAL OF LICENSURE
6 )
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8 On December 3, 2002, the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission
9 issued a Notice of Opportunity for Hearing to John Douglas Elder, in which the
10 Commission proposed to deny issuance ofa license under ORS 342.143(2) and its
11 administrative rules implementing that legal authority OAR 584-050-0006(1) and (5).
12 The Notice was sent via U.S. First Class Mail and U.S. Certified Mail Receipt #7001
13 0320 0005 0740 5406 to the address Mr. Elder provided to the Commission. The ‘
14 certified mail receipt was signed and dated by Mr. Elder on December 5, 2002, and
; returned to the Commission on December 6, 2002. John Douglas Elder did not
16 request a hearing.
17 The Notice of Opportunity for Hearing, signed by Victoria Chamberlain, Executive
18 Director, stated:
19 If a request for hearing is not received within this 21-day period, your right to
20 hearing shall be considered waived unless your failure to request a hearing
21 was beyond your reasonable control. lf you do not request a hearing or if
22 you fail to appear at a hearing, the Commission will uphold the denial of
23 your application for an Oregon teaching license.
24
25 Based on the foregoing, the Commission'finds John Douglas Elder in default and
26 such default is hereby entered. Based on the records and files of the Commission, the
27 Commission enters the following findings of fact, conclusions of law and order.
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Q FINDINGS OF FACT
2 1. In October of 1993 female students attending Paisley School reported to the
3 Superintendent of Paisley School District and CSD that Mr. Elder touched them and
4 made inappropriate comments to them.
5 2. On January 13, 2000, sixth grade female students attending Stearns
6 Elementary School in Klamath County School District reported that Mr. Elder touched
7 them inappropriately, made inappropriate comments to them and directed them t0 write
s letters to his girlfriend.
9 3. On or about September 25, 2002, Mr. Elder signed and submitted an
10 Application for Educator License Form C-1 requesting a Standard Teaching License.
11 The Commission wrote to Mr. Elder indicating that he did not meet requirements for a
‘ Standard Teaching License. On October 18, 2002, Mr. Elder wrote to the Commission
13 requesting that he application be treated as a renewal of his expired Substitute
14 Teaching License.
15 4. In the character question section of the application Mr. Elder failed to respond
16 affirmatively to character question 1 disclosing that he left employment on January 13,
17 2000, involuntarily, while the subject of an investigation at Stearns Elementary School,
18 Klamath Falls School District.
19 5. In the character question section of the application Mr. Elder failed to respond
20 affirmatively to character question 2 indicating that he is currently the subject of a State
21 Police investigation regarding misconduct on January 13, 2000, at Stearns Elementary
22 School, Klamath Falls School District.
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‘I CONCLUSIONS 0F LAW
2 The conduct described in Findings of Fact numbers 1 and 2 above constitute
3 gross neglect of duty in violation of OAR 584-020-0040(4)(f) and are sufficient basis for
4 denial of Iicensure pursuant to OAR 584-020-0040(3)(c). The conduct described in
5 Findings of Fact numbers 3 and 4 above constitute gross neglect of duty in violation of
6 OAR 584-020-0040(4)(c) and are sufficient basis for denial of Iicensure pursuant to
7 OAR 584-020-0040(3)(c). The Commission‘s authority to deny Iicensure in this matter
s is based upon ORS 342.143.
9 ORDER
10 The Commission denies issuance of Iicensure to John Douglas Elder.
. 11 IT IS SO ORDERED this JL day of January 2003.
d TEACHER STANDARDS AND PRACTICES COMMISSION
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15 ictoria Cha rlain, Exe utive Director
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17 NOTICE OF APPEAL RIGHTS
18 YOU ARE ENTITLED TO JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THIS ORDER. JUDICIAL
19 REVIEW MAY BE OBTAINED BY FILING A PETITION FOR REVIEW WITHIN 60
20 DAYS FROM THE SERVICE OF THIS ORDER. JUDICIAL REVIEW IS PURSUANT
21 TO THE PROVISIONS OF ORS 183.482 TO THE OREGON COURT OF APPEALS.
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. CERTIFICATE OF MAILING
l hereby certify that I served the foregoing default order of denial of Iicensure, certified
' by me as such, by mailing U.S. First Class Mail and U.S. Certified Mail--Return Receipt
Requested, addressed to:
John Douglas Elder
PO Box 1205
Lakeview OR 97630
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Dated this ML day of January 2003.
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By: I'l'“ [67% .
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