Bay-Area District Resolves Sign Language Teacher’s Job Bias Suit

A San Francisco Bay-area school district will pay an American Sign Language teacher $20,000 to end his lawsuit alleging his contract wasn’t renewed because he sought the assistance of a full-time ASL interpreter.

Bret Bailey on Monday accepted Mount Diablo Unified School District’s offer to pay that amount “in full satisfaction” of his federal and state law claims, according to the filing with the US District Court for the Northern District of California. The offer of judgment was made under Rule 68 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and expressly stated that it wasn’t an admission of liability the ...