Any permit issued by the Board may be revoked by the Board in accordance with procedures hereinafter established if the Board finds that one or more of the following just causes exist:
A request for revocation of a permit may be made by a board of education or by a superintendent of schools, or by any person or persons with a legitimate interest, hereinafter called "the requesting party." Such request shall be in writing, signed and acknowledged and shall state in reasonable detail, including relevant names of persons, dates and places, the grounds upon which revocation is requested. Any such request shall be filed with the Commissioner.
Procedures directed toward the revocation of a permit may be instituted by the Commissioner, only after the Commissioner has made or causes to be made a preliminary inquiry to determine whether probable cause exists for instituting revocation procedures. If the Commissioner, as a result of such inquiry, finds that probable cause does not exist for the instituting of revocation procedures, the Commissioner shall so notify the holder and the requesting party.
If the Commissioner, as a result of an inquiry, finds that in the Commissioner's judgment probable cause does exist for instituting revocation procedures, the Commissioner shall forthwith send by registered mail to the holder notice that procedures directed toward the revocation of the holder's permit are to be instituted. Such notice shall contain a statement of the grounds upon which revocation procedures have been instituted and shall contain the name and address of the requesting party. Such notice shall contain further a statement in writing that the holder may, within 15 days after receiving the notice, either:
If no request for a hearing is made by the holder, the Board may, on its own motion made not later than 31 days after the expiration of the aforesaid 15 days' notice period, order a hearing to be held or order the Commissioner to make or cause to be made an investigation of the matters set forth in the notice and file a written report thereon with the Board at a meeting of the Board not more than 60 days following the expiration of the aforesaid 15 days' notice period. If a hearing is requested by the holder or if the Board orders a hearing on its own motion, such hearing shall be held not later than 60 days following such request or such order by the Board unless the parties mutually agree to an extension. Not less than 21 days' notice of such hearing shall be given to the holder and to the requesting party. Said notice period may be mutually waived by the parties.
The hearing shall be conducted before the Board, a subcommittee of the Board, or at the discretion of the Board, before an impartial hearing officer. The hearing shall be public. The Commissioner shall represent the interests of the State Department of Education. A verbatim transcript of the hearing shall be made and shall be supplied to all members of the Board, to the holder, and to the Commissioner. Both the holder and the Commissioner shall have the right to examine the record of any prior investigations and proceedings in the case, to be heard in each other's presence, to be present throughout the hearing and to be represented by counsel who shall be given reasonable opportunity to call witnesses, to cross-examine adverse witnesses, to present oral argument, and within 31 days following the hearing, to file briefs.
Within 60 days, unless the parties mutually agree to an extension after the closing of the record of the hearing, the subcommittee of the Board or the hearing officer shall submit written findings and a recommendation. The Board, within 90 days after the closing of the record of the hearing, or after the filing of the findings and recommendation of a subcommittee of the Board or hearing officer or the written report of the Commissioner, if no hearing is held, shall determine by a recorded roll-call vote whether the permit of the holder shall be revoked; an affirmative vote of a majority of the Board shall be necessary for revocation. Each member of the Board who votes shall certify either to attendance at the hearing or to having read the transcript of the hearing, or having read the written report of the subcommittee, hearing officer or the Commissioner, if no hearing has been held. The Board shall state in a written opinion the reasons for its action and shall base its determination on evidence adduced at the hearing or, if no hearing is held, upon the written report of the Commissioner. Notice of the action of the Board, together with its written opinion supporting its action, shall be promptly furnished to all parties to the proceedings.
Conn. Agencies Regs. § 10-145d-613