Texas Teacher Gets Probation in Student Sex Case

(Amarillo, Texas) In March 2010, a 23-year-old teacher at Canyon High School, Claudia Rene Cruz, was accused of engaging in sex with a student during alleged encounters in May 2009.

Cruz was charged with two counts of improper relationship between an educator and a student.

This week, Cruz, now 24, pleaded guilty to second-degree felony improper relationship between an educator and a student.

As part of her plea agreement, the former Canyon High School teacher was sentenced to eight years of deferred adjudication probation, ordered to pay a fine of $750 and complete 240 hours of community service.

She must also pay $50 to the Bridge Children's Advocacy Center.

The student involved has been described as at least 17 at the time of the crime.