US EditionMaryland County Will Pay $1.5 Million to End LGBTQ+ Books Case
Montgomery County agreed to a $1.5 million settlement reinstating opt-out rights for religious parents after a Supreme Court ruling affirmed their ability to exclude children from LGBTQ-themed lessons.
- Montgomery County Public Schools will pay $1.5 million in damages to parents who won a Supreme Court case over LGBTQ-themed educational materials.
- The settlement requires the school district to notify parents in advance about any instruction related to gender, sexuality, family life, or human sexuality and to allow parents to opt out their children.
- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June 2025 that the district violated parents' First Amendment rights by mandating exposure to LGBTQ content without parental consent.
- The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty represented a religiously diverse group of parents and emphasized that the ruling enforces parental rights and religious freedom over school curricula involving sensitive topics.
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Maryland county agrees to pay $1.5M after parents’ bid to exempt children from LGBTQ-themed books
The U.S. Supreme Court in June 2025 ruled in favor of parents, granting them a temporary injunction against the county’s narrow opt-out rules while the case played out in lower courts. Montgomery County, Maryland, agreed [...]
Montgomery County schools, parents reach settlement in suit over LGBTQ+ books in classes
Parents pushing for religious opt-out options for LGBTQ+ curriculum in Montgomery County schools leave the U.S. Supreme Court with their attorneys last year after oral arguments in their case, Mahmoud v. Taylor. (Photo by Danielle J. Brown/Maryland Matters)Montgomery County schools and a group of parents who objected to their children receiving LGBTQ+-themed instruction without their consent have reached a settlement of the parents’ lawsuit that…
Maryland County Pays After Blocking Parents From Opting Out of Trans Books
Montgomery County, Maryland, is facing a $1.5 million price tag after a federal court approved a settlement forcing the deep-blue county’s school board to pay damages to religious parents. The issue goes back to 2023, when Montgomery County’s school board decided parents no longer had the right to opt their children out of books promoting transgender ideology. At the time, the school district said, “Students and families may not choose to opt ou…
Maryland County Will Pay $1.5 Million to End LGBTQ+ Books Case
The Montgomery County Board of Education has reached a settlement to end a legal challenge to its policy that prohibited parents from excusing their children from instruction involving LGBTQ+-themed books in schools.
Montgomery County Ordered To Pay Religious Parents $1.5 Million In School Curriculum Dispute - Real News Now
A heavily Democratic Maryland county has agreed to pay 1.5 million dollars to a group of religious parents who challenged the school board’s policy preventing opt outs from instruction involving books on gender identity and sexuality. Montgomery County’s Board of Education reached the settlement after the parents secured a 6 to 3 victory at the Supreme Court in 2025. The high court ruled that the county’s opt out restrictions violated the consti…
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