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A Florida candidate for “Teacher of the Year” has been yanked from the classroom for letting students kiss and flash their breasts during a raunchy game of Truth or Dare.

School police were notified that Brent Sawdy — one of 15 finalists for 2017 Duval County Teacher of the Year – allowed his seventh-grade students at Lake Shore Middle School to play a game called “Dirty Dare” in May, News4 Jacksonville reported.

During the game, students at the Jacksonville school kissed, two girls allegedly exposed their breasts and one boy licked a girl’s breast.

The classroom debauchery occurred after the students returned from a field trip. Sawdy turned on music and gave his class free time to “work on other school work,” according to an investigative report obtained by News4.

Sawdy initially turned on a video of Bill Nye the Science Guy but turned it off once he realized no one was watching. He also had the lights turned in his classroom, which he frequently did believe it created a “calmer learning environment,” the report said.

The educator denied knowing what had taken place — and said the only student he’d disciplined that day was one he saw “play slap” a girl’s leg.

“He never heard anyone say anything about playing a game. He never heard anyone say anything about Truth or Dare. He did not hear or see any students do anything else questionable,” the report said.

“He led that student to the door and explained that although he appeared to be playing, that kind of playing could get him in trouble.”

Fourteen students in the classroom that day were interviewed by school officials but not all of them reported the inappropriate behavior.

A probe concluded that Sawdy violated two professional standards. He’s been suspended without pay.

He was also found to have provided inadequate supervision by the Florida Department of Children and Families.

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