A new bill would add guardrails and oversight to California State University's handling of sexual harassment complaints after a scandal last year prompted its chancellor's resignation. The bill credits USA TODAY's reporting for uncovering the problems.
he mishandled of a dozen sexual harassment, bullying and retaliation complaints against a top administrator when Castro was president of CSU's Fresno campus.
USA TODAY's investigation found Castro repeatedly declined to discipline vice president of student affairs Frank Lamas despite being aware of at least seven of the complaints against him. Instead, he praised Lamas publicly, wrote glowing performance evaluations and endorsed him for a prestigious lifetime achievement award and presidencies at other universities.
Rather than fire Lamas, Castro chose to quietly settle the matter without disciplinary action, USA TODAY's investigation found. Castro authorized a $260,000 payment from the school to Lamas and allowed him to retire with a clean record, an August 2020 settlement agreement obtained by the news organization shows. Although the settlement banned Lamas from working at CSU again, Castro agreed to write him a letter of recommendation to help him find work elsewhere.
Among the reforms, the CSU board adopted a policy that voids administrators’"retreat rights" if they are disciplined for serious misconduct. USA TODAY’s investigation found CSU administrators, including Lamas and
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