Osse Area Schools will pay a student a $61,500 settlement after a Minnesota Department of Human Rights investigation found that the district failed to stop a former assistant principal from sexually harassing her.

The student was 9 years old at the time, according to the department. Osseo schools will also send a written apology to her and make changes to prevent sexual harassment and discrimination in the future.

The investigation found that during the 2021-2022 school year, an assistant principal told the fourth grader that he "could not stop looking at her" and "went out of his way to interact with her, and inappropriately touched her," according to the state.

An investigation determined that the district knew or should have known that the assistant principal was harassing the studen

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