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Senate subcommittee hears FCMAT report on financing school liability from childhood sexual‑assault claims
Summary
The Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team told a state Senate budget subcommittee it produced 22 recommendations to address financing, data gaps and prevention related to childhood sexual‑assault claims against public agencies; the report focuses on financing options, a possible victims' compensation fund and prevention measures.
Senator Bill Laird, chair of the California State Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education, on the committee's request, heard a report from the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) on the fiscal implications of childhood sexual‑assault claims for public agencies.
Mike Fine, a representative of FCMAT, told the committee the team was charged by a budget trailer bill to study the issue and issued a report on Jan. 31 that lays out 22 recommendations across four themes: data, financing, a victims' compensation fund and prevention measures. “The report contains 22 recommendations,” Fine said, adding the recommendations are a roadmap “on how to finance the indebtedness that is created by settlements…
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