The website that logs actions against North Carolina teacher licenses has finally been updated after a seven-month gap.

Thirteen new actions were added to the existing nine on the list. Eight of the newly added actions involve sexual contact of some kind with a student.

The updated discipline list includes Michael Earl Kelly, who plead guilty to nearly sixty charges involving sexual abuse of students in New Hanover County Public Schools that spanned almost two decades.

Kelly was sentenced in June by Judge John Nobles to 16 to 24 years in prison on the most serious charge of first-degree Sexual Exploitation of a minor and Statutory Sex Offense with a child. Another 20-84 months (up to 7 years) was added for Kelly’s additional 57 charges which were consolidated for judgment. The additional years will be served following completion of the first sentence.

Also of note on the above list is Ivette Serrano Hughes, who was arrested in July by the Johnston County Sheriff’s office and was charged with one count of obtaining property by false pretense for using a fake diploma and for using a falsified resume.

Her husband, Torians Hughes was arrested in June and charged with two felony counts of obtaining property by false pretense after an 8-month long investigation which revealed he had lied about his education history and criminal record when applying to teach in North Carolina. A judge issued Hughes a $15,000 bond and a future court date of July 18.

Torians Hughes’ license is still listed as valid and does not appear on the license discipline and revocation list.

The Department of Public Instruction still has not returned my request for comment regarding an alleged backlog of teacher license discipline case files due to them being unexecuted or unsigned by the Superintendent.

Since January 1, this website has logged and is tracking 47 teacher arrests