This week, the Arizona State Board of Education accepted the recommendation that it permanently revoke any and all educator certificates held by former Prescott Unified School District Mark Dean Morgan.
On December 21, 2012, the Prescott Valley Police Department conducted an investigation into allegations that Morgan molested his live-in girlfriend’s two daughters.
On June 24, 2013, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Detectives, from the jurisdiction where the victims had moved, conducted an interview of the victim minors. On August 7, 2013, Prescott Valley Police Department detectives served a search warrant on Morgan’s residence and Prescott Valley High School, where he was employed as a teacher.
On October 15, 2013, the Prescott Unified School District placed Morgan on administrative leave pending a complete investigation.
On October 27, 2015, in Yavapai County Superior Court, Mark Dean Morgan was found guilty of two counts of Continuous Sexual Child Abuse, class two felonies; two counts of Luring a Minor for Sexual Exploitation, class three felonies; and, one count Misconduct Involving Weapons, a class four felony.
Morgan was sentenced to two consecutive twenty year terms in the Arizona Department of Corrections. At the conclusion of Mr.
Morgan’s prison sentences, he was ordered to be placed on lifetime sex offender probation.
These convictions constitute unprofessional conduct pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S”) § 15-550 and warrant the immediate and permanent revocation of his Arizona teaching certificate.