Rural Iowa middle school coach suspended after inappropriate relationship with student

Editor's Note: This story has been updated.

A former assistant basketball coach at a rural Iowa middle school had her coaching license suspended for six months after being accused of encouraging a romantic or inappropriate relationship with a student.

Rylee Yaw, 22, allegedly met with a male student and his friends socially and watched a movie with the teenager in her home, according to a complaint lodged in January with the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners, which oversees school licensing.

The teen reportedly removed his shirt inside Yaw's home, and she fell asleep while he was there, according to state documents.

Yaw denied the allegations and reached a settlement in November that included a written reprimand, a six-month suspension and taking 15 hours of "Ethics for Educators."

To be reinstated, she bears the burden of "proving the basis for her suspension no longer exists," the settlement agreement and final order says.

Yaw worked as an assistant middle school girls' basketball and volleyball coach with the MOC-Floyd Valley Community School District, about 40 miles northeast of Sioux City. She did not hold a teaching position.

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She was hired in August 2015 and resigned Jan. 13, 2017, according to MOC-Floyd Valley Superintendent Russ Adams. He declined to comment further.

Previous attempts to reach Yaw or her attorney were unsuccessful.

Yaw held an Iowa coaching authorization through 2020.