State revokes teaching license for former Twin Falls teacher acquitted on rape charge

TWIN FALLS — Idaho’s teacher ethics commission decided earlier this month to revoke former Twin Falls teacher Jason Benjamin’s certificate after he admitted to police he had sex with a 17-year-old former student despite a jury acquitting him in August of a felony rape charge.

The Idaho Professional Standards Commission filed an administrative complaint in December and issued a final order April 4.

The commission investigates ethics complaints among certified educators and can take disciplinary action such as revoking or permanently revoking a teaching certificate, suspending a certificate indefinitely or until certain conditions are met, or issuing a letter of reprimand.

Benjamin didn’t request a hearing within 30 days of the state filing an administrative complaint against his teaching certificate, the final order states. Since he didn’t, “the allegations in the Administrative Complaint are treated as admitted,” according to the order.

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