State Finishing Probe Of Fired Fox Aide

The state Professional Standards Commission is finally completing its inquiry into the teaching certificate of former Chief Deputy State Schools Superintendent Terry Haws now that it has been given Haws’ teaching records from Alaska.

Commission Director Jim Smith said the Haws case will be formally reviewed on April 27.

Smith had hoped to make a recommendation last month on whether to revoke the certificate but was unable to because Haws’ attorney blocked release of the Alaska records. Attorney David Manweiler has now turned those records over to the commission.

Haws, who managed the successful campaign of Republican State Schools Superintendent Anne Fox, was fired by Fox as her chief deputy after disclosure that he had been charged with soliciting sex from a minor in exchange for drugs while he said he was teaching at Kenai Community College in Soldotna, Alaska, in 1983.

According to court documents, the juvenile, identified only by initials, “testified that on October 19, 1983, the defendant (Haws) offered him marijuana. A tape recording of this meeting was also played before the grand jury. Lastly, K.F. testified that expected quid pro quo for the marijuana was a sexual favor.”

Haws eventually pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and was fined $350 and put on three years probation.

When Haws applied for his Idaho teaching certificate, he did not disclose the arrest in Alaska even though disclosure of any arrests other than for traffic violations is required.

Haws also holds a valid teaching certificate in the state of Washington.