DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Application of Zachary Burwell for Reinstatement of Teaching Certificate; Doc. No. RE 05-01 [35 Pa.B. 4201] Hearing Under the Professional Educator Discipline Act (act) (24 P. S. §§ 2070.1--2070.18a), the Professional Standards and Practices Commission (Commission) has initiated hearing procedures to consider the application of Zachary Burwell for reinstatement of his teaching certificate.
On or about December 19, 2004, Zachary Burwell filed an application for reinstatement of his teaching certificate under section 16 of the act (24 P. S. § 2070.16), 1 Pa. Code §§ 35.1 and 35.2 (relating to applications) and 22 Pa. Code § 233.14 (relating to reinstatement). Under section 16 of the act, the Department of Education, on July 18, 2005, recommended to the Commission that the application be denied. In accordance with the act and 1 Pa. Code Part II (relating to General Rules of Administrative Practice and Procedure), the Commission will appoint a hearing examiner to serve as presiding officer to conduct the proceedings and hearings as might be necessary and to prepare a proposed report to the Commission containing findings of fact, conclusions of law and a recommended decision on the application.
Interested parties wishing to participate in these hearing procedures must file a notice of intervention or a petition to intervene in accordance with 1 Pa. Code §§ 35.27--35.32 (relating to intervention) within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Persons objecting to the approval of the application may also, within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, file a protest in accordance with 1 Pa. Code § 35.23 (relating to protest generally).
Notices and petitions to intervene and protest shall be filed by 4 p.m. on the due date prescribed by this notice with Carolyn Angelo, Executive Director, Professional Standards and Practices Commission, 333 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333. Persons with a disability who wish to attend the hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate should contact Suzanne B. Markowicz at (717) 787-6576 to discuss how the Commission may best accommodate their needs.
FRANCIS V. BARNES, Ph.D.,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 05-1438. Filed for public inspection July 29, 2005, 9:00 a.m.]
