The state Department of Education may revoke former Stanhope Elmore football coach Jeff Foshee’s teaching license amid accusations of "immoral" behavior that led to his summer departure from the school.

The state Department of Education sent a letter to Foshee dated Aug. 29 that accuses Foshee of instituting a pay-for-play scheme with another teacher to make sure a football player remained eligible. The letter says Foshee paid the teacher, Abby Butler, $300 after previously offering $500 and “sex or a sex act, if she would help.”

The Wetumpka Herald obtained letters sent to Foshee and Butler through an open records request and first reported on the letters' contents Thursday.

The letters say Foshee’s and Butler’s conduct was “immoral, unbecoming and indecent for an educator.”

The letter to Butler states that she “wrongfully and intentionally did the student’s work” on exams given at the end of the spring semester and that she may have taken exams for other students.

Foshee and Butler could lose their teaching licenses, according to the letters, and they had 15 days from the letter’s delivery to respond. Both or eithet teacher could request a hearing, submit a written response or voluntarily surrender the teaching certificate, according to the letters.

Foshee declined to comment on the allegations to The Herald for Thursday’s report and previously declined to speak to AL.com, citing advice from his attorney.

“When this gets done, I will tell the truth of what happened,” he told the Herald.

Foshee – a former Alabama football player and son of legendary Stanhope Elmore coach Jimmy Foshee, whose name is on the school's stadium – resigned in June and cited burnout after 16 seasons as head coach and 105 wins.

Then, in July, the AHSAA hit Stanhope Elmore with a $300 fine and a year's probation after Foshee "committed academic fraud with the assistance of a special education teacher by providing monetary incentives to the teacher enabling the student-athlete to meet AHSAA academic requirements for participating the sport of football," according to the AHSAA letter to the school.

Foshee had served as Stanhope Elmore's football coach since 2000, compiling a 105-72 record. He followed his father, who won more than 200 games from 1975-99, as the school's head coach.

Stanhope Elmore hired veteran coach Mike Dean as Foshee's replacement, and the Mustangs are 0-2 heading into tonight's game against Wetumpka.

READ THE COMPLETE REPORT IN THE WETUMPKA HERALD

Read the letters from the state Department of Education to Foshee and Butler:

Fo She e Butler Letters by Josh Bean on Scribd