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[quote=Anonymous]This decision was just announced and reported on by the Banner: https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/mcps-supreme-court-lgbtq-lawsuit-settlement-ZWJUKFIO7JBTZDKQ2ISUQXCI3E/

[QUOTE]Montgomery County Public Schools must pay $1.5 million to the families who fought to excuse their children from lessons at odds with their religious beliefs, lawyers for the parents announced Friday.

This financial fallout is just one of many reverberations from the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2025 decision to side with families who sued for the right to opt out of classes that included LGBTQIA+ storybooks.

“Montgomery County was an extreme outlier on this issue,” said Eric Baxter, senior counsel at Becket, the firm that represented the parents. “That’s not just a bad decision that destroys trust with parents, but it’s also a costly decision. And I hope other schools will take note.”

The order, signed Thursday by federal District Court Judge Deborah L. Boardman, delivers other wins to the parents.

The Montgomery County school board must notify families in advance when the schools plan to use one of the books at the heart of the case — or any similar books — in lessons.

The parents are also entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees, the order states. Baxter declined to say how much more that will cost Maryland’s largest school district.

District spokesperson Liliana López did not immediately respond to a request for comment.[/QUOTE]

This was avoidable if MCPS and the BOE had acted with reason, discernment and intelligence.[/quote]

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