--- description: The teacher at North Kitsap High School did not automatically lose his license, but will go to jail for 30 days title: A Former High School Teacher Had Sex With a Student. He Didn't Lose His License image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Former High School Teacher Admitted He Had Sex With a Student. He Didn't Lose His License  by [Billy Perrigo](/author/billy-perrigo/)  ## Billy Perrigo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Oct 27, 2017 2:35 PM CUT  by [Billy Perrigo](/author/billy-perrigo/)  ## Billy Perrigo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Oct 27, 2017 2:35 PM CUT A former teacher at North Kitsap High School in Washington state, who had sex with a 17-year-old student in his classroom, did not lose his teaching license after pleading guilty to a charge of fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation. He will serve 30 days in jail, with the rest of his 364-day sentence suspended, the [Kitsap _Sun_ reported](http://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2017/10/26/former-north-kitsap-high-teacher-pleads-guilty-sex-crime-student/805236001/ "undefined"). Michael Paul Carnegie, 38, was accused in 2016 of engaging in sex acts with a girl in his classroom and in a car parked nearby. He was a Spanish teacher but was teaching the student driver’s education at the time, according to the Kitsap _Sun_. State law in Washington dictates that the charge Carnegie pleaded guilty to is not a crime that automatically requires the revocation of a teaching certificate. However, the superintendent’s office is still investigating Carnegie and he is no longer employed by the school where the incident happened. Such investigations can eventually result in dismissal, a reprimand, suspension or revocation, the Kitsap _Sun_ reported. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5000101/teacher-sex-with-student/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5000101/teacher-sex-with-student/"},"headline":"A Former High School Teacher Admitted He Had Sex With a Student. He Didn't Lose His License","datePublished":"2017-10-27T14:35:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:01:34.782Z","description":"He will serve a 30-day jail sentence","url":"https://time.com/5000101/teacher-sex-with-student/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Billy Perrigo","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/billy-perrigo/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5000101/teacher-sex-with-student/","name":"A Former High School Teacher Admitted He Had Sex With a Student. He Didn't Lose His License"}}]}] ```