The Douglas County district attorney has charged a 33-year-old woman who was a Lawrence public schools para-educator with three felony counts against a 17-year-old boy, including unlawful sexual relations, sexual exploitation of a child and promoting obscenity to minors.

The woman, who is from Baldwin City, was hired by the Lawrence school district on Nov. 24, 2014, as a para-educator and assigned to the Douglas County Youth Services Day School at the Northeast Regional Juvenile Detention Center at 330 N. Industrial Lane, said Julie Boyle, the school district’s spokeswoman.

After the allegations surfaced last week, the woman was placed on administrative leave. The Lawrence school board fired her Monday night.

At a hearing in Douglas County District Court Tuesday, a judge declined to reduce the bail, set at $40,000, and scheduled a preliminary hearing for 4 p.m. on Dec. 21.

According to the criminal information report, the woman was in a sexual relationship with the boy from August to December of this year.

According to the report, on Nov. 21, the woman engaged in “consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching or sodomy.”

Over several weeks, she attempted to persuade, induce, entice or coerce the boy to “engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of promoting a performance,” according to the criminal information report.

In addition, the report said the woman unlawfully published or distributed obscene material to a child under the age of 18.

The woman remained in the Douglas County Jail as of Tuesday afternoon. If she posts bond, she is not allowed to have contact with anyone under 18 years of age.