Lambda Legal today announced it has reached a settlement with the Pine-Richland School District, forcing the district to end a discriminatory, anti-transgender policy that prevented transgender students from using the bathroom that matches who they are.

The settlement also requires the suburban Pittsburgh school district to include gender identity in its nondiscrimination policies and practices, and to adopt policies that respect transgender students’ gender identity with respect to student records, names, pronouns, and restrooms, among other aspects.

The settlement announced today – which also includes new school district administrative regulations and an undisclosed monetary payment – follows a federal district court ruling in February that temporarily blocked enforcement of the discriminatory policy and ordered Pine-Richland High School to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that matches who they are. Read more via Lambda Legal