Teacher arrested for relations with adult student

[Javier730]

She will probably get a slap on the hand. Had the teacher been a male, she would of got 3 trillion years in prison. Eligible for parole after 2 trillion.

[nightmare69]

The locker room talk is interesting. Would you feel the same way if it was a 50yo male teacher and an 18yo female student? How about a 50yo male teacher and a male student?

Happens in college all the time. Difference is it's perfectly legal.

[ninjabread]

Happens in college all the time. Difference is it's perfectly legal.

If she wanted to have sex with students, she should have got a university teaching position.

[Soccerdad1995]

Happens in college all the time. Difference is it's perfectly legal.

If she wanted to have sex with students, she should have got a university teaching position.

Which of course begs the question. If an 18 year old high school student is taking a headstart class at a college and sleeps with his college class professor, while he is still a high school student, is the professor guilty of a crime? I believe that the student gets both high school and college credit for this type of class.

[nightmare69]

Happens in college all the time. Difference is it's perfectly legal.

If she wanted to have sex with students, she should have got a university teaching position.

Last year I had to escort out a coach who was sleeping with the volleyball team. I don't know what the university was thinking hiring a single 23yr old man to coach women's volleyball.

[Mxrdad]

Happens in college all the time. Difference is it's perfectly legal.

If she wanted to have sex with students, she should have got a university teaching position.

Last year I had to escort out a coach who was sleeping with the volleyball team. I don't know what the university was thinking hiring a single 23yr old man to coach women's volleyball.

Holy Monkey. With the whole team?

[Oldgringo]

Happens in college all the time. Difference is it's perfectly legal.

If she wanted to have sex with students, she should have got a university teaching position.

Last year I had to escort out a coach who was sleeping with the volleyball team. I don't know what the university was thinking hiring a single 23yr old man to coach women's volleyball.

How old should the women's volleyball coach be?

[nightmare69]

Happens in college all the time. Difference is it's perfectly legal.

If she wanted to have sex with students, she should have got a university teaching position.

Last year I had to escort out a coach who was sleeping with the volleyball team. I don't know what the university was thinking hiring a single 23yr old man to coach women's volleyball.

Holy Monkey. With the whole team?

I heard it was multiple players.

Idk how old a coach should be. It would be tough being a young single male surrounded by good looking college girls though. Just sayin.

[Pariah3j]

Happens in college all the time. Difference is it's perfectly legal.

If she wanted to have sex with students, she should have got a university teaching position.

Which of course begs the question. If an 18 year old high school student is taking a headstart class at a college and sleeps with his college class professor, while he is still a high school student, is the professor guilty of a crime? I believe that the student gets both high school and college credit for this type of class.

The law against sleeping w/ students only applies to students in the same school district. If she had sex with a different 18 yr student from another district, no charges could be filed. It's a bad law - poorly written and not well thought out for unintended consequences. She is guilty per the law as it's written. I believe I would find 'not guilty' if I was on the jury though, assuming there isn't more to the story.

[JustSomeOldGuy]

Happens in college all the time. Difference is it's perfectly legal.

If she wanted to have sex with students, she should have got a university teaching position.

Last year I had to escort out a coach who was sleeping with the volleyball team. I don't know what the university was thinking hiring a single 23yr old man to coach women's volleyball.

Holy Monkey. With the whole team?

I heard it was multiple players.

Idk how old a coach should be. It would be tough being a young single male surrounded by good looking college girls though. Just sayin.

Coach sounds like an overachiever. Did the team have a good win/loss ratio that year?

[Soccerdad1995]

Happens in college all the time. Difference is it's perfectly legal.

If she wanted to have sex with students, she should have got a university teaching position.

Last year I had to escort out a coach who was sleeping with the volleyball team. I don't know what the university was thinking hiring a single 23yr old man to coach women's volleyball.

Holy Monkey. With the whole team?

I heard it was multiple players.

Idk how old a coach should be. It would be tough being a young single male surrounded by good looking college girls though. Just sayin.

Coach sounds like an overachiever. Did the team have a good win/loss ratio that year?

I am FAR from an expert on women, but from what little I know on the subject, I am going to speculate that if he was having sex with multiple players there would likely be some serious drama on that team that would impact their ability to win.

[RoyGBiv]

Is a military officer allowed to have a relationship with any enlisted personnel, whether in the direct line of command or not? Wonder why not?

Actually, under certain circumstances, the answer is yes.

But none of those situations relate to the discussion at hand.. right?
Like being married before they enlisted..

[mojo84]

If this is not illegal, why the arrest?

[apostate]

If this is not illegal, why the arrest?

See 21.12 in the Texas Penal Code.

Some people think it should be legal for an educator in loco parentis to have sex with students. However, that's currently a felony offense in Texas, and that apparently bothers some people.

[Jusme]

If this is not illegal, why the arrest?

Here is the Texas Penal Code regarding Teacher Student sexual contact:

ec. 21.12. IMPROPER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATOR AND STUDENT. (a) An employee of a public or private primary or secondary school commits an offense if the employee:
(1) engages in sexual contact, sexual intercourse, or deviate sexual intercourse with a person who is enrolled in a public or private primary or secondary school at which the employee works;
(2) holds a certificate or permit issued as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, or is a person who is required to be licensed by a state agency as provided by Section 21.003(b), Education Code, and engages in sexual contact, sexual intercourse, or deviate sexual intercourse with a person the employee knows is:
(A) enrolled in a public primary or secondary school in the same school district as the school at which the employee works; or
(B) a student participant in an educational activity that is sponsored by a school district or a public or private primary or secondary school, if:
(i) students enrolled in a public or private primary or secondary school are the primary participants in the activity; and
(ii) the employee provides education services to those participants; or
(3) engages in conduct described by Section 33.021, with a person described by Subdivision (1), or a person the employee knows is a person described by Subdivision (2)(A) or (B), regardless of the age of that person.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.
(b-1) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that:
(1) the actor was the spouse of the enrolled person at the time of the offense; or
(2) the actor was not more than three years older than the enrolled person and, at the time of the offense, the actor and the enrolled person were in a relationship that began before the actor's employment at a public or private primary or secondary school.
(c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the actor may be prosecuted under either section or both sections.
(d) The name of a person who is enrolled in a public or private primary or secondary school and involved in an improper relationship with an educator as provided by Subsection (a) may not be released to the public and is not public information under Chapter 552, Government Code.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 224, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.