(a) An order of the commission regarding discipline or reinstatement of an educator may be appealed only by the department or the educator as an adjudication by a Commonwealth agency in the manner provided by law.(b) An appeal filed under subsection (a) shall operate as a stay of the discipline imposed under this act until the resolution of the appeal, except where: (1) the grounds for discipline include sexual misconduct or sexual abuse or exploitation;(2) the commission's decision to discipline is accompanied by a finding that immediate discipline is necessary to protect the health, safety or welfare of students or other persons in the schools of this Commonwealth; or(3) the discipline imposed is the result of a negotiated settlement between the parties or is imposed under section 9.2.(c) Where the commission's adjudication finds no educator misconduct under this act, the charges pertaining to the disciplinary proceeding shall be expunged from any personal or professional file of the educator maintained by the department and the school entity unless the school entity has taken or is pursuing local disciplinary action against the educator.(d) The commission shall make all adjudications imposing discipline, other than a private reprimand, available on a publicly accessible Internet website and shall cooperate with the department in maintaining a central online registry on a publicly accessible Internet website of charter and cyber charter school staff members and contracted educational provider staff members whose eligibility for employment has been suspended, revoked, surrendered or otherwise disciplined pursuant to this act.Amended by P.L. 1205 2013 No. 120, § 8, eff. 2/16/2014.1973, Dec. 12, P.L. 397, No. 141, § 15, added 1989, Dec. 14, P.L. 612, No. 71, § 3, effective in 60 days. Editorially renumbered from 24 P.S. § 12-1265 in 1994. Amended 2000, Dec. 20, P.L. 918, No. 123, § 6, effective in 60 days.