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LOS ANGELES () — California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Wednesday announced a sweeping settlement with the El Monte Union High School District following what he described as “horrific and unacceptable and disgusting abuses of children” that spanned decades at Rosemead High School.
The agreement requires wide-ranging reforms after a state investigation found years of sexual misconduct by faculty and staff and repeated failures by district officials to report or properly investigate allegations.
“A teacher had engaged in a pattern of sexual harassment and abuse for years and had been involved in at least four sexual relationships with students as far back as over 20 years,” Bonta said during a news conference.
The revelations spurred state Sen. Sasha Renee Perez to author the Safe Learning Environments Act, which took effect earlier this year and strengthens reporting and accountability requirements for schools statewide.
Former Rosemead High student Leslie Gaitán said the new measures could have changed her experience on campus.
“You had to look out for yourself while you were there, because no one else was going to protect you while you were there,” Gaitán said. “But I think with this change, hopefully this sort of behavior stops.”
El Monte Union High School District officials declined an interview but issued a written statement saying the district “is committed to continuously improving how it responds to concerns and supports students in safe learning environments… These efforts are intended to strengthen safe, inclusive, and respectful learning environments across the District.”
The settlement requires the district to adopt new training, reporting protocols, oversight mechanisms and studentsupport systems. Bonta said the reforms are designed to ensure that the systemic failures that allowed abuse to persist for years “never happen again.”
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