in september 2011, based upon a pretrial hearing settlement agreement between the district attorney and dr. day's attorneys, five of the felony counts were dismissed and dr. day pleaded guilty to three felony counts of misusing public funds (a violation of the ca. education code) which, per the pretrial agreement, were reduced to misdemeanors. dr. day paid a fine of $30,000 and was placed on probation. no restitution was required to be paid to the college.