No jail time for teacher convicted of liquorin/lickin up her students.

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A former substitute teacher who pleaded guilty to molesting a Nederland High School freshman will have to register as a sex offender
and will be barred from teaching in public schools.

The 47-year-old woman, Kerry Smith Foulk of Port Neches, pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony charges of indecency with a child for engaging in sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl in September 2006.

Foulk's plea agreement with prosecutors calls for her to complete 10 years' deferred adjudication probation and to pay restitution for counseling attended by the student and her parent.

Indecency with a child is a second-degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000. PREVIOUS COVERAGE
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The plea agreement is subject to approval by state 252nd District Court Judge Layne Walker, who is scheduled to sentence Foulk next month.

A phone call Wednesday to Foulk's listed number was not returned. Attempts to reach her attorney Wednesday also were unsuccessful.

The abuse, which occurred at Foulk's home, was not an isolated incident, Jefferson County prosecutor Pat Knauth said. Advertisement


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"After this student made an outcry, others came forward," Knauth said in a phone conversation Wednesday, explaining Foulk's activity with other girls did not rise to criminal levels.

The substitute teacher had a history of befriending girls in classes she taught, the prosecutor said, allowing girls to stay nights at her house.

"She would provide alcohol to them, talk about sex with them, try to get them drunk," Knauth said. "It was obvious, at least to me, that she was grooming these other girls but that the other girls stepped out of the situation before something could happen."

The girl Foulk pleaded guilty to abusing had not been a student in any of her classes.

The student and substitute teacher lived in the same area, Knauth said, and Foulk befriended the student and her older sister.

The Enterprise generally does not identify sexual assault victims.