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SALT LAKE CITY — State education officials say sexual misconduct by teachers is the No. 1 reason Utah educators are forced to surrender their licenses.
Records shows Utah has nearly 20,000 licensed educators. Since 1992, the State Board of Education has suspended or revoked 313 teacher licenses — 208 of them for sexual misconduct. That number excludes 10 cases still being investigated by the Utah Professional Practices Advisory Commission.
The behaviors range from inappropriate touching and downloading pornography on a school computer to full-blown molestation.
“I talk about it every chance I get, at trainings, lectures and an education law class I teach,” said Carol Lear, the state’s top education lawyer.
