PELSB adopts disciplinary consent orders, extends lifetime-substitute flexibilities and approves consent agenda

The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board on July 18 adopted multiple discipline-related stipulation-and-consent orders, voted to continue flexibilities for lifetime substitutes until rulemaking is complete, and approved its consent agenda, the board announced at the meeting’s close.

The board announced that, in closed session, it adopted stipulation-and-consent orders affecting four license holders: Amy Hoshite (teaching licenses subject to a two-year state suspension); Don Miller (teaching licenses revoked); Ralph O’Bae (teaching licenses subject to a one-year state suspension); and Gregory Warner (teaching licenses suspended; duration not specified in the announcement). Those actions were announced to the body after the closed-session deliberations and recorded in the meeting minutes.

The board also voted to adopt a resolution continuing previously granted flexibilities related to lifetime substitutes. The resolution keeps in place district flexibilities on out-of-field permissions, posting periods and the requirement that districts verify that a lifetime substitute is replacing a teacher on an approved leave; the resolution specifies these flexibilities will remain until the adoption of the proposed rule R48683, the board said. The motion to adopt that resolution carried on a roll-call vote.

Separately, the board approved its consent agenda, which included the minutes from June and items from the Teacher Preparation Committee (program approvals and discretionary variances). The consent agenda was moved and approved by roll call.

Votes at a glance

- Disciplinary stipulation-and-consent orders (announced after closed session): - Amy Hoshite — teaching licenses subject to a 2-year state suspension; outcome: adopted. - Don Miller — teaching licenses revoked; outcome: adopted. - Ralph O’Bae — teaching licenses subject to a 1-year state suspension; outcome: adopted. - Gregory Warner — teaching licenses suspended (duration not specified in announcement); outcome: adopted. - These four actions were announced publicly after the board’s closed-session deliberations; the board described each as a stipulation agreement and consent order.

- Resolution to continue lifetime-substitute flexibilities until adoption of proposed rule R48683: outcome: adopted (roll-call vote recorded as unanimous among present members).

- Consent agenda (minutes from June; Teacher Preparation Committee items including program approvals and discretionary variances): outcome: approved (roll-call vote recorded as unanimous among present members).

What the board said and how it voted

The meeting opened with a quorum and standard procedural motions. The body voted to move into closed session for discipline and ethics deliberations; the motion to convene the closed session carried on a roll call. After the closed session the chair reported the four adopted stipulation-and-consent orders listed above. Later in the open meeting the board discussed and voted to adopt the lifetime-substitute resolution (explicitly tied to the adoption of proposed rule R48683) and moved the consent agenda by roll call. Board members recorded on roll-call votes included Ms. Aho, Mr. Hoelscher, the Board Chair (name not stated on the public transcript), Dr. Saluca, Ms. Shoemaker, Ms. Toledo and Ms. Yang; each roll call in the transcript recorded the members saying “Yes.”

Legal and procedural notes

- The disciplinary actions were described by the board as stipulation agreements and consent orders; the board announced the outcomes in open session after deliberating in closed session. - The lifetime-substitute resolution explicitly ties the end of the flexibilities to the adoption of proposed rule R48683; the resolution’s text (in the board packet) was noted as including a clear end condition rather than being open-ended.

Next steps and public access

The board did not take additional rulemaking action at the July meeting; it indicated the R48683 rulemaking process is ongoing and staff expect hearings later in the year. The consent-agenda items will be reflected in the published minutes and the disciplinary orders will be documented in the board’s official records per normal practice.

(See the meeting record for roll-call details and the full text of the adopted resolution and stipulation-and-consent orders.)