Overview
- Mid Vermont Christian School and its lawyers secured a $566,000 payment to resolve claims tied to its ban from state-run athletics and academic contests.
- The resolution covers Vermont Principals’ Association executive director Jay Nichols, according to a dismissal notice, though no public filing breaks out damages versus attorney fees.
- The dispute began in 2023 when the school forfeited a girls’ basketball playoff game against a team with a transgender-identifying player, after which the VPA barred the school for two years.
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2025 ordered the school reinstated during the case, and the team has since returned to the state tournament after losing key chances during the ban.
- Separate claims continue against the state education secretary, the state board chair, and a local school board over alleged exclusion of religious schools from Vermont’s tuition and other public benefit programs.