Springfield, MISSOURI

May 4, 2007 - Jeremy Anderson, a Glendale High School science teacher, may lose his teaching license. In February, he was seen on a security camera pushing a 15-year-old female student against a wall, rubbing her face and hugging her . The student reportedly tried to get away by walking across the hall, and he followed, putting his arm around her.

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, told the newspaper that DESE had opened an investigative file on Anderson. State statutes allow for revocation of a teaching license for a number of reasons, including if a teacher is found guilty of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude. Though Anderson is not charged with a felony, lawyers for the state attorney general's office would decide if Anderson's actions amount to moral turpitude, said Rosenkoetter.
Full Name: Jeremy Warren Anderson AKA Jeremy W. Anderson

RESIGNED June 20 - Anderson resigned. A court date is scheduled for July 5.

SENTENCED October 30 - Anderson was sentenced to 45 days in jail and a $1000 fine for a “common assault” of a 15-year-old student. The victim took the stand at the August 29 trial.
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ONLINE: There are NO teacher disciplinary actions online at the Missouri Department of Education. The Missouri Board of Education meeting minutes are not online either.

You can, however, search at the Missouri Department of Revenue for a business (by county, city, name or ID tax number) to see if they have had their sales tax license revoked for failure to remit sales tax.

At the Missouri Division of Professional Registration, you can look for licensee information for Accountants, Architects, Dentists, Doctors, Therapists, Nurses, Psychologists and Pharmacists and other professions. At the Missouri Board of Healing Arts you can browse through license suspensions. Their monthly newsletters contains information on license actions.

However, you can not find any information on disciplinary actions that may have been taken against a person who is in daily contact with your child. It's a lack of transparency that no parent should tolerate.