Which is the point. ALL teaches in Texas have a stipulation in their contract concerning a very old-fashioned concept called 'moral turpitude'.
Are you saying someone shouldn't be held to the terms of their contract? That's not very conservative of you.
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but to give her 20 years per student is just ridiculous and outrageously over punishing!
It says TWO to 20, not automatically 20. It's very doubtful she will get that much time.
Personally, I hope she gets at least 8 to 10. A teacher having sexual relations with any student is a violation of the delegated trust of the People of Texas.
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Texas you REALLY suck on this one!
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The question is, can you handle it?
Yes, of course they should. "Morale Turpitude," that's the key. It's not LAW! I'm outraged at the sentencing guideline which is 2-20 for having CONSENSUAL sex! It's puritanical priggish BS! I do think what she did was absolutely morally wrong, but not unlawful. The possibility she could go to jail for TWO years is ridiculous!
Fire her, revoke her teacher's license for life, don't give a judge the power to sentence this "crime" for 20 years. It's wrong and everyone here knows it!
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Yes, and the truth of this is even in the State Of Texas it's not against the law to have sex with consenting adults no matter how many there are, right? Is this not the "Truth?" Or in your world does morality trump law in our nation, because if it does America cease to exist for you...this is why LAWS keep us FREE. If you don't understand this you need to go read history!
The reason laws like this are in place regarding ‘positions of authority’ (teacher/student) is that the education system is crappy enough without adding grade bribery or grade inflation via sex blackmail.