By Donna Hales
Phoenix Staff Writer
June 12, 2008 11:17 pm
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A former Eufaula teacher has been charged in McIntosh County District Court with second-degree rape of a minor.
Stephanie Layman is accused in connection with sexual relations with one of her former male students.
Under state law, sex between a school employee and a student younger than 20 is considered rape, even if the act is consensual.
No one returned calls to Layman’s home Thursday.
Layman last taught at Eufaula Public Schools in 2006-07, according to records with the State Department of Education.
Eufaula school administrators are at a professional meeting this week. Superintendent Dan Edwards and other administrators won’t be back at school until Monday and could not be reached for comment, a secretary at the school said.
No arrest warrant has been issued for Layman, who has agreed through her attorney to surrender Wednesday, a court official said.
Layman’s attorney, Mike Sherrod of Norman, had a death in the family and won’t be available until Monday, a man answering his office phone said Thursday.
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