达拉斯学区同意付100万美元和解：司法部指其教师不当行为举报失职
美国司法部德州北区检察官办公室10月20日宣布，达拉斯独立学区（Dallas ISD）同意支付100万美元达成民事和解，了结联邦政府对其虚假申报合规的指控：该学区在领取联邦特殊教育经费的同时，被指未按德州法律强制要求上报教育工作者不当行为。和解款中14.5万美元为罚款，其余85.5万美元用于全学区整改。
司法部称，2022年至2024年间，学区曾四次调查前特殊教育教师 Michael Roell（又名 Johnathan Michael）涉嫌对未成年人性不当行为，却以比州法更高的联邦第九条（Title IX）标准认定指控「不成立」，始终没有向州教育工作者认证委员会上报；2024年4月，学区让他辞职，只把他放进一份仅供内部使用的「不再雇用」名单。
司法部称，Roell 此后又先后在 Plano 学区与 Forney 学区任教，后因涉嫌虐待儿童与诱骗未成年人被捕，并于2026年9月被联邦大陪审团以电信诈骗罪起诉。这是司法部「安全学校计划」（Project Safe Schools）下的第二起执法行动。
本和解处理的仅为民事指控，司法部表示，和解不等于已对民事责任作出裁定；学区方面的责任认定以和解条款为准。（GSM据司法部新闻稿报道）
Dallas ISD Agrees to $1 Million Settlement Over Educator Misconduct Reporting Failures
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas announced on October 20 that Dallas Independent School District has agreed to a $1 million civil settlement resolving federal allegations that it falsely certified compliance with Texas laws requiring the reporting of educator misconduct while receiving federal special-education funds. Of the total, $145,000 is a penalty and $855,000 will fund district-wide reforms.
The Justice Department says that between 2022 and 2024 the district opened four investigations into former special-education teacher Michael Roell, also known as Johnathan Michael, over alleged sexual misconduct involving minors, found the claims "unfounded" under the higher federal Title IX standard, and never reported them to the State Board for Educator Certification. In April 2024 the district allowed him to resign and placed him only on an internal do-not-hire list.
Roell later taught in Plano ISD and Forney ISD, was arrested on child-abuse and grooming charges, and was federally indicted in September 2026 for wire fraud, according to the Justice Department. The case is the second enforcement action under the department's Project Safe Schools initiative.
The settlement resolves civil allegations only; the Justice Department notes there has been no determination of civil liability. (GSM, via the Department of Justice)
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