Overview
- Vermont education authorities agreed in April 2026 to pay $566,000 to Mid Vermont Christian School and its lawyers to settle part of the case.
- A court filing dismisses claims against Vermont Principals’ Association Executive Director Jay Nichols, and it does not disclose how the payment splits between damages and legal fees.
- The dispute began in 2023 when the school forfeited a girls’ basketball playoff game against a team with a transgender-identifying player.
- The Vermont Principals’ Association then banned the school from all athletics and several academic competitions for about two years.
- The Second Circuit in 2025 ordered the school reinstated and later ruled it must be allowed to compete, while related suits continue against other state officials over religious schools’ access to public tuition programs.