The Fourth Appellate District reversed a judgment and remanded the action with directions. The court held that a community college district’s negotiated settlement payments to a former employee were subject to the Government Code’s statutory limit on the “maximum cash settlement” in contract termination cases, even where the employee asserted potential legal claims against the district before her contract termination.

Leon Page was a taxpayer and resident of the MiraCosta Community College District (District). The District was governed by a Board of Trustees (Board).