Legal Question in Education Law in Massachusetts

Protecting Kids

Can a high school teacher be a convicted felon?


Asked on 10/15/07, 9:03 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Gregory Lee Gregory P. Lee, Attorney at Law

Re: Protecting Kids

The Dept. of Education can license a person convicted of a crime within its discretion. The question is, or at least should be, whether the person's current ability to act "morally" is impaired. As DOE can be rather absolutist about this, if this teacher disclosed the crime, DOE determined that he or she is now "moral."

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Answered on 10/16/07, 6:13 am


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