Part 7 — Education Professions and Occupations Division 1 Responsibilities
225.991 Powers of Minister where report confirms conviction
Commissioner's recommendation under section 225.98(a) and the
notice under section 225.98(c), the Minister shall
(a) cancel one or more certifi cates issued to the teacher or
teacher leader without referring the matter to a hearing
committee, or
(b) direct the chair of the pa nel to establish a hearing committee
under section 225.9 and refer the complaint to the hearing
committee for a hearing under section 225.996.
(2) Before making a decision under subsection (1), the Minister
shall serve on the teacher or teacher leader and send to the
Registrar a notice of the Minister's intent to make the decision.
(3) A notice under subsection (2) must
(a) provide the teacher or teac her leader with a period of 15
days to provide a written response setting out any reasons
why the teacher or teacher leader objects to the intended
decision,
(b) state the date by which the written response must be made,
the form and manner in which it may be made and the
address to which it may be sent, and
(c) include a statement that all certificates to which the int ended
decision relates are automatically suspended by operation of
section 225.99.
(4) The Minister shall consider the response of the teacher or
teacher leader, if any, before making a decision under subsection
(1).
(5) After making a decision under subsection (1), the Minister
shall
(a) serve on the teacher or t eacher leader the Minister's
decision, which must include
(i) the date of the decision,
(ii) the reasons for the decision, and
(iii) if the decision is to can cel one or more certificates, an
identification of all the certificates being cancelled and
the date on which each cancellation takes effect,
a n d
(b) send to the Registrar the Minister's decision and any noti ces
served under this section.
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