Peoria Teacher on Leave Over 2020 TikTok Video

Amy Beck, a teacher at Coyote Hills Elementary School in Arizona's Peoria Unified School District, was placed on paid administrative leave on Monday amid an internal investigation into a resurfaced 2020 TikTok video showing her and her son, social media influencer Noah Beck, appearing to simulate an oral sex act.

The video, originally posted by Noah Beck on his account and later deleted, features the pair lipsyncing to explicit lyrics from Jay Rock's "Kings Dead" while Noah pushes his mother's head downward with exaggerated expressions. It recirculated online recently after drawing a complaint to the State Board of Education, which described it as highly inappropriate. School officials notified families of Amy Beck's leave in a message stating she was placed on leave "out of an abundance of caution" and that "this matter does not impact the safety of our students." A substitute teacher has taken over her second-grade class.

The development comes weeks after Amy Beck's daughter, Haley Beck, was fired from her teaching position at Centennial High School in the same district. A district investigation concluded that Haley, 27, groomed a former student starting in December 2024 when...