Under state law<\/a>, King had 15 days to file a request with the Texas education commissioner for an administrative hearing to appeal the board\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n If King did not challenge the decision, the board would have taken a second vote to finalize the firing.<\/p>\n Instead, during a school board meeting<\/a> on September 8, trustees consulted in closed session with legal counsel regarding King\u2019s \u201ctermination and hearing.\u201d<\/p>\n According to the agenda<\/a>, trustees also consulted with legal counsel about the implementation of Senate Bill 571<\/a>, an educator misconduct reporting law that took effect in June 2025, and discussed pending litigation with the board\u2019s attorney.<\/p>\n A lawsuit filed in July against Plano ISD, Campbell, and King<\/a> alleges the principal failed to report a parent\u2019s allegation that the teacher had inappropriately touched a female student.<\/p>\n The lawsuit<\/a> also alleges another parent requested her child be transferred out of Campbell\u2019s class, but King denied the request and failed to investigate further.<\/p>\n King\u2019s failures allowed Campbell to continue abusing 8-year-old girls in his classroom, the lawsuit claims.<\/p>\n The Fortenberry Firm is representing one of those students and her parents as plaintiffs in the civil case.<\/p>\n Plano ISD<\/a>, Campbell<\/a>, and King<\/a> have all filed general denials of the family\u2019s claims. The district, represented by the law firm Abernathy, Roeder, Boyd & Hullett, also asserted governmental immunity.<\/p>\n King has not been charged with a crime, but the Plano Police Department confirmed<\/a> to Texas Scorecard that it is investigating a July 9 referral received from CPS.<\/p>\n In Texas, all adults are mandatory reporters of suspected child abuse. School officials face criminal charges<\/a> if they fail to report alleged abuse within a specific time frame.<\/p>\n Failure to report<\/a> is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail. The offense is a state jail felony<\/a> if a principal or superintendent fails to report with intent to conceal the abuse.<\/p>\n Plano ISD reported King to the Texas Education Agency on July 9. TEA told Scorecard that \u201cfollowing a preliminary review,\u201d the agency flagged her certification<\/a> on August 18 and listed her on the Do Not Hire Registry<\/a> as \u201cunder investigation<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Campbell remains in the Collin County Jail with bond set at $2.5 million for the four felony child sex abuse charges<\/a> filed against him.<\/p>\n
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