Date uploaded: 2022-03-06 03:13:39

The California State University board of trustees will pay former chancellor Joseph Castro $400,000 as part of a settlement agreement following his resignation last month, according to a copy of the agreement released Friday morning by the school. The settlement comes a month after a USA TODAY investigation revealed Castro mishandled years of sexual harassment, bullying and retaliation complaints against a senior administrator while he was president of CSU Fresno. Castro will enter into the university's "executive transition program" and be classified as an "advisor to the board" for one year, the agreement shows, drawing a $401,000 salary. Castro will also maintain his "retreat rights," which grant him the ability to join the faculty at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo as a tenured professor. Click the link in our bio to ready the full story.