A new report reveals nearly a hundred more Texas educators lost their professional credentials due to sexual misconduct.
From March 1 through May 30, 2026, the State Board for Educator Certification took disciplinary action against nearly 300 teachers over allegations ranging from sexual and physical abuse of students to contract abandonment.
Sexual misconduct accounted for 109 of the sanctions:
- 23 cited Sexual Abuse Involving Students (SXIS)
- 28 cited Sexual Misconduct Non-School Related (SXNS)
- 58 cited Inappropriate Relationship Between Educator and Student (IRWSM)
The Texas Education Agency’s Educator Investigations Division receives and reviews misconduct allegations, then recommends disciplinary actions to SBEC members.
Certification sanctions range from reprimands and temporary suspensions to permanent surrenders and revocations.
Of the 23 educators sanctioned last quarter for sexual abuse involving students, seven had their certifications revoked, including:
KeSean Carter, a Conroe ISD teacher’s aide arrested in September 2024 for sexual assault of a child.
Bill Elliott, a Celina ISD football coach and athletic director, accused of raping a female student more than 30 years ago.
Orlando Naumann, a Comal ISD girls’ soccer coach, arrested in 2023 for “improper relations” with a 15-year-old student and possessing child pornography and re-arrested in 2025 on 18 additional child sex crime charges.
JaQuaven Rogers, a Mount Pleasant ISD teacher charged in November 2025 with sexual assault of a child, improper relationship between educator and student, and child grooming.
Among the 28 sanctioned for non-school related sexual misconduct, nine had certificates revoked, including:
George McAllister, a Ferris ISD teacher, charged in November 2025 with possession of child pornography.
Hillary Williams, a Wells ISD teacher sentenced in February 2026 to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to promote child pornography, indecency with a child by sexual contact, and bestiality.
Of the 58 educators sanctioned for “improper relationships” with students—which covers sexual contact as well as improper communications, grooming behaviors, and failure to maintain professional boundaries—10 had certifications revoked, including:
Cody Bush, a Grand Prairie ISD teacher charged in 2023 with improper relationship between educator and student, a second-degree felony.
Ryan England, a Judson ISD teacher sentenced in 2025 to 60 years in prison for continuously sexually abusing several of his first-grade students while on campus.
Brandyn Hargrove, a Brazosport ISD teacher who pleaded guilty in 2025 to sexually assaulting an underage female student multiple times more than 15 years earlier.
Logan O’Connor, an Edna ISD football coach and son of the superintendent, charged in 2024 with online solicitation of a minor, improper relationship between educator and student, and sexual performance of a child.
Kayla O’Dell, a Kilgore ISD teacher sentenced in 2025 to 10 years of deferred adjudication after pleading guilty to an improper student relationship. O’Dell was re-arrested in February 2026 for shoplifting and violating the terms of her probation.
Several other educators who were charged with sexual misconduct permanently surrendered their certifications in lieu of disciplinary proceedings. About a dozen received reprimands, which remain on educators’ certification records but do not prevent them from working in Texas schools.
More than 30 had their certificates indefinitely suspended and were added to the state’s Do Not Hire Registry until their criminal cases are finally resolved. An educator misconduct law known as Senate Bill 571, which took effect in June 2025, mandates the sanctions for educators arrested for certain serious crimes.
The latest indefinite suspensions included Anahi Arellano/Tyler ISD, Michael Cheek/Frisco ISD, Kyle Francis/Northwest ISD, Madison Jones/Ennis ISD, Jonathan Marks/Austin ISD, Miguel Caban Mendez/Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, Landon Odom/Central Heights ISD, and Chelsea Shook/Reagan County ISD.
A chart summarizing the third-quarter disciplinary action data, created by Lake Travis ISD mom and education advocate Katie Sartor, shows that 39 Texas school districts had two or more teachers whose certificates were sanctioned for some type of misconduct and accounted for 40 percent of the educators disciplined.
Dallas ISD topped the list with 15 educators sanctioned. Five were accused of sexual misconduct—none of which made the news. Other DFW-area districts that made the list with one or more educators sanctioned for sexual abuse include Plano, Frisco, Denton, Northwest, Prosper, McKinney, Grand Prairie, Carrollton-Farmers Branch, Waxahachie, Fort Worth, and Lancaster ISDs.
The TEA’s new Educator Misconduct Reporting Dashboard, also required by SB 571, shows the agency has received more than 18,000 misconduct reports since the fiscal year began in September 2025—an average of 1,640 a month. The agency has also received 24,400 fingerprint-based criminal history alerts this year.
Based on those reports, the TEA has opened an average of 1,118 investigations a month—250 involving sexual misconduct.
The state’s first Inspector General for Educator Misconduct, Levi Fuller, began overseeing investigations in February.
Since then, state and federal officials have prioritized cracking down on sexual predators in schools to protect students from abuse.
Texas Scorecard has reported on hundreds of Texas school employees accused of sex crimes involving students and other children in just the past few years and maintains a map of educators arrested for sexual misconduct.
