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How a Lawsuit Settlement in Idaho Provides a Model for States to Protect Girls in School Bathrooms

Isaac Helland | Caleb Pirc

Jane never planned on being the bleeding edge of the conservative legal movement. She was just a sophomore girl at Boise High School in Idaho.

But one day, she heard deep grunting sounds from the stall next to her while in the girls’ restroom at school. Horrified, she looked down and saw a pair of shoes pointed towards her. She quickly left the stall—and soon after, the adjacent stall opened and a male student walked out.

Jane’s parents immediately confronted school administrators. Rather than address the parents’ concerns, the school officials explained how they had given express permission to this transgender-identifying male student to use the girls’ facilities as part of a “gender support plan.”

Those “gender support plans” have been illegal under Idaho law since the state first passed its school bathroom law in 2023. Under the law, schools are required to separate bathrooms by biological sex—and if they allow males in girls’ spaces, they can be sued for $5,000 per incident, plus attorney fees.

We at the IFPC Legal Center sued the school district on behalf of Jane and her family, and now the school district’s insurance company has shelled out $34,000 to settle the lawsuit. Jane’s case appears to be the first in the country in which a female student recovered funds against her school after they exposed her to a male student.

This groundbreaking case provides a model for states to successfully protect the privacy and safety of students in their bathrooms. Conservative states need to stop accepting defeat. We can win—and we must........

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