The State - News from May 6, 1988

AIDS patient Vincent Chalk, the Irvine teacher who won a court order last year returning him to the classroom, announced that he has accepted a $35,000 settlement from the Orange County Department of Education. Chalk, 43, was transferred out of his job as a teacher of hearing-impaired children last August by Orange County Supt. of Schools Robert Peterson. In November, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the transfer was a violation of Chalk’s rights because AIDS cannot be transmitted through casual contact. In the settlement agreement Chalk announced, both sides agreed not to appeal a judge’s order that the county Department of Education must pay $167,500 in fees to the teacher’s lawyers.