YAKIMA -- A Yakima teacher who was acquitted of sexual misconduct charges will keep her teaching certificate, but it has been suspended for a year.

The state Office of Public Instruction revoked Michele Taylor's teaching license in June, but she appealed that decision to a state teacher conduct board.

The physical education teacher was acquitted last June of criminal charges that she had sex with a 16-year-old student and sent inappropriate text messages to him and a 15-year-old.