Texas Teacher Pleads Guilty to Sex with Student

(Austin, Texas) A 24-year-old former teacher at Blanco High School, Kylie Neighbors, was arrested in December for engaging in sex with a male student on Halloween 2007. Neighbors was placed on administrative leave from her teaching position in November and she resigned on December 13.

This month, Neighbors pleaded guilty to an improper relationship between an educator and a student in accordance with the terms of a plea agreement.

Hays County prosecutors and police in San Marcos, where Neighbors lives, handled the case.

Under the terms of her plea bargain, Neighbors will be on probation for 10 years, pay a $1,500 fine, perform 250 hours of community service and surrender her teaching certificate.

Neighbors is set to be sentenced and have her plea bargain finalized in state District Court in Hays County on March 17. At that time, a judge could also sentence her to up to 30 days in jail as a condition of probation.

Without the plea deal, Neighbors faced a possible two to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. With the deal, Neighbors might get 30 days in jail.