The Fresno County District Attorney’s Office has ended its investigation into allegations raised by Fresno Unified Trustee Terry Slatic that school officials repeatedly failed to notify teachers about students’ history of violence.
Assistant DA Jerry Stanley said this week that the office concluded that the alleged violations of state law could not be prosecuted.
In late August, Slatic had alleged there were multiple violations of state Education Code that requires such notifications. He made the allegations in a complaint filed with the DA’s Public Integrity Unit, which investigates public officials and agencies.
Slatic had claimed the district violated the law “hundreds of times” weekly. The district denied the allegations and said Superintendent Bob Nelson and trustees were complying with the law.
After reviewing the law and the reporting procedures of the Fresno Superior Court and Fresno Unified, Stanley said, the DA’s office determined it could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that anyone knowingly violated the reporting law or that there was a “systemic” issue keeping teachers from being notified of their students’ criminal convictions.
In addition, there was no evidence to suggest that any trustees had a hand in trying to suppress such information, Stanley said.
Prosecutors considered a number of factors, including the district’s internal computer system for reporting student discipline, the requirement of written...
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