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Educational Examiners, and in March 2010 an administrative law judge issued an 86-page decision declaring Rouse should keep her job. On March 30, the school board agreed to terminate high school principal Monica Rouse's contract; Iowa law allows entities such as school boards to reject administrative law judges' rulings, since they are non-binding.
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December 2012 with the school board agreeing to pay Rouse approximately $ 850,000 in addition to her salary and benefits from the 2009 through 2012 school years, bringing her total compensation to about $ 1.25 million. As part of the settlement, Rouse agreed to step down as principal, ending the three-year legal battle with the district.
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