Education officials have refused to renew a teaching credential for a former Westbrook lawmaker, following allegations of sexual misconduct with female students. Last Friday, the Maine Department of Education declined to reissue Dillon Bates a clearance required of school employees, citing a law against “unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature.” [Democrat accused of sexual misconduct resigns Maine House seat] Bates, a Democrat who had represented House District 35, resigned his seat in August after initially refusing bipartisan calls for him to leave office in response to reported allegations that he had relationships with high school girls while teaching and coaching in Maine schools during the past decade. In his resignation letter, Bates called the allegations “baseless and false” and wrote that “in my time away from the Legislature, I plan to focus on clearing my name.” The allegations were published in The Bollard, a Portland monthly newspaper, which did not name any of the girls and quoted one alleged victim. [Maine legislator urged to resign amid misconduct accusations] A lawyer for Bates, Walter McKee, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday about the state education department declining to renew his client’s “criminal history record check clearance.” Bates was a teacher at the now-shuttered Maine Girls Academy in Portland through April and he had coached sports at several schools — most recently serving as a track and field coach at Massabesic High School in Waterboro.

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