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L.I. Teacher Sentenced After Admitting Having Sex With 16-Year-Old Student

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A Long Island teacher convicted of having sex with an underage student has been sentenced.

Tara Driscoll, 34, of Bay Shore, cut a deal in March after pleading guilty to sexual misconduct.

On Friday, she was sentenced to six years probation with sex offender conditions.

Driscoll has also been registered as a Level 1 sex offender and surrendered her teacher's license.

Driscoll taught high school English at Campus Magnet Educational Complex in Queens.

She admitted having sex with a 16-year-old male student, who attended the school last year, at the Capri Motel in Lynbrook.

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