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Judge OKs $5.75M settlement in sex abuse case against school
By Nelson Daranciang
POSTED: 11:36 a.m. HST, Apr 22, 2013
LAST UPDATED: 06:30 p.m. HST, Apr 22, 2013
A federal judge granted final approval this morning of a $5.75 million settlement over allegations of students at the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind sexually abusing other students and a cover up by state education officials.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin S.C. Chang said he found that “the proposed settlement is fundamentally fair, adequate and reasonable.”
The state is responsible for paying $5 million of the settlement.
Scott O’Neal, a former counselor at the school, is responsible for paying $750,000.
The state also agreed to make a number of safety improvements, where feasible, at the Kapahulu campus and in school buses.
The school serves students in kindergarten through grade 12 and is the only public school in the state for deaf and blind students.
Students who were sexually abused at the school or on school buses by other students or school staff since Aug. 10, 2001 are to receive payments of $20,000, $75,000 and $200,000 based on how their experiences affected them.
法官同意學校以五百七十五萬美金對校園中發生的學生間性虐待案進行和解
在學生對夏威夷聽障與視障學校進行的訴訟案件上，一位聯邦法官最終裁定同意學校以五百七十五萬美金和解，以處理校內學生間性虐待事件以及學校對性平事件的隱匿不通報。
美國的聯邦司法官Kevin S.C. Chang表示，目前被提出的和解方案是公正、合適及合理的。
夏威夷州政府負責賠償和解金中的五百萬美元。
而夏威夷聽障與視障學校的前任諮商師Scott O'Neal要負責和解金中的七十五萬美元。
夏威夷州政府也同意要在學校校園與學校巴士上，在合理範圍內增加、改善安全設施。
這所學校招收從幼稚園到十二年級的學生，而且是州內唯一一所為視障與聽障學生設立的公立學校。
從2001年八月十日起曾經在學校公車或學校中被其他學生或學校職員性虐待的學生，將依他們所受損害之程度，得到兩萬美金、七萬五千美金、或二十萬美金不等的賠償。
POSTED: 11:36 a.m. HST, Apr 22, 2013
LAST UPDATED: 06:30 p.m. HST, Apr 22, 2013
A federal judge granted final approval this morning of a $5.75 million settlement over allegations of students at the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind sexually abusing other students and a cover up by state education officials.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin S.C. Chang said he found that “the proposed settlement is fundamentally fair, adequate and reasonable.”
The state is responsible for paying $5 million of the settlement.
Scott O’Neal, a former counselor at the school, is responsible for paying $750,000.
The state also agreed to make a number of safety improvements, where feasible, at the Kapahulu campus and in school buses.
The school serves students in kindergarten through grade 12 and is the only public school in the state for deaf and blind students.
Students who were sexually abused at the school or on school buses by other students or school staff since Aug. 10, 2001 are to receive payments of $20,000, $75,000 and $200,000 based on how their experiences affected them.
法官同意學校以五百七十五萬美金對校園中發生的學生間性虐待案進行和解
在學生對夏威夷聽障與視障學校進行的訴訟案件上，一位聯邦法官最終裁定同意學校以五百七十五萬美金和解，以處理校內學生間性虐待事件以及學校對性平事件的隱匿不通報。
美國的聯邦司法官Kevin S.C. Chang表示，目前被提出的和解方案是公正、合適及合理的。
夏威夷州政府負責賠償和解金中的五百萬美元。
而夏威夷聽障與視障學校的前任諮商師Scott O'Neal要負責和解金中的七十五萬美元。
夏威夷州政府也同意要在學校校園與學校巴士上，在合理範圍內增加、改善安全設施。
這所學校招收從幼稚園到十二年級的學生，而且是州內唯一一所為視障與聽障學生設立的公立學校。
從2001年八月十日起曾經在學校公車或學校中被其他學生或學校職員性虐待的學生，將依他們所受損害之程度，得到兩萬美金、七萬五千美金、或二十萬美金不等的賠償。
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