Chalkbeat Colorado: The Denver school board paid board Vice President Auon’tai Anderson a $3,500 settlement in March, according to school district records. 

Anderson said the payment represents reimbursement for legal expenses he incurred during a 2021 sexual misconduct investigation, in which the most serious allegations were not substantiated. Yet the board president said the board never voted on the payment.

The district declined to release details of the settlement, despite Colorado court rulings that say settlement agreements by political entities are subject to public records law.

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