Texas Teacher Gets Probation in Sex Case - Updated

(Abilene, Texas) Former Cooper High School teacher and coach Elizabeth Proctor was sentenced on Friday to probation for engaging in an improper relationship with a 15-year-old male student.

Proctor agreed to a plea deal that places her on probation for seven years and requires that she surrender her teaching license. As part of the plea agreement for an improper relationship between an educator and a student, Proctor will not have to register as a sex offender.

She was sentenced under the deferred adjudication rule, meaning that if she doesn't have her probation revoked, her record will be cleared at the end of seven years.

No jail and no sex offender registration for a second-degree felony sex crime? Pretty sweet deal, eh?

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Texas Teacher Accused of Sex with Male Student
[Previous 2/8/11 post]
(Abilene, Texas) An English teacher and coach at Cooper High School, Elizabeth Proctor, has been accused of engaging in sex with male student in December 2009.

Proctor faces a charge of second-degree improper relationship between an educator and a student.

Proctor was placed on paid administrative leave by the Abilene Independent School District as district officials and police investigated the allegation of an improper relationship made by the student.

She resigned Jan. 27.

Proctor was booked into custody at the Taylor County Jail and released Monday afternoon on $7,500 bond.