JUST IN: A lawsuit filed last year against IPS regarding a transgender student who wanted to play on a girls sports team has been dismissed, according to court documents.
The lawsuit said the girl, identified in court documents by the initials A.M., was told by her school within the Indianapolis Public School system that she wouldn't be able to play softball because of HEA 1041.
Last year, Indiana legislatures voted to override the governor's veto of HEA 1041, which banned transgender girls from participating on sports teams at K-12 public schools designated for girls. The lawsuit was filed in May and in July 2022, a federal judge ruled that Indianapolis Public Schools must allow the girl to play on a girls' softball team pending further litigation.
Court documents filed Friday say both parties agreed to dismiss the case and that A.M. is now in a charter school not operated by IPS. "Accordingly, this matter is now moot and the parties agree that this case should be dismissed, with each party to pay its own costs and attorneys’ fees," the document read.In May, state lawmakers voted to override Gov. Eric Holcomb's veto of HEA 1041. The Indiana House voted 67-28 to override the veto and the Senate voted 32-15.
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