Boise School District pays $34K to settle suit over Idaho’s School Bathroom Law
BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) — The Boise School District has agreed to pay a $34,000 settlement to resolve a lawsuit centered on its restroom policy for transgender students under Idaho’s School Bathroom law (Senate Bill 1100).
Under the terms of the settlement, the insurance company for the Boise School District has agreed to pay out $10,000 in damages and $24,000 in attorney fees.
The suit was brought by the Idaho Family Policy Center Legal Center, a conservative Christian organization and lobbying group, on behalf of a former Boise High School student, identified in court documents as Jane Doe.
Doe claims that, as a student, she encountered a transgender classmate in the girls’ restroom twice during the 2024–2025 school year. During the second encounter, the plaintiff alleged she heard the male student masturbating in the adjacent stall with his shoes pointed towards her. According to the lawsuit, the student had been permitted to use the girl’s restroom under a “gender support plan.”
Co-authored by the IFPC, SB 1100 mandates that public schools maintain separate facilities strictly based on biological sex. Although Governor Brad Little signed the bill into law in 2023, enforcement was temporarily blocked by a federal injunction until the order was lifted in 2025.
“Last year our daughter was subjected to having to endure a breach of her privacy at Boise High School,” stated the Doe’s father in a press release. When she reported the incidents to school staff, she was told that it was their policy to allow males who identify as female to use the bathroom of their choice… No girl should ever have to go through what our daughter experienced.”
The insurance company for the Boise School District has agreed to pay out $10,000 in damages for the two bathroom encounters and $24,000 in attorney fees.
While SB 1100 was signed into law by Governor Little in 2023, it was subject to a federal injunction that temporarily blocked its enforcement. That order was later lifted in 2025.
The settlement follows a ruling by Ada County District Court Judge Lynn Norton, who denied the district’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit. During hearings, the school district argued it had relied on the federal stay while it was active. However, Judge Norton concluded that the temporary stay did not immunize the district from liability after the law was ultimately upheld.
“Men don’t belong in restrooms designated for girls—period,” said Caleb Pirc, director of the IFPC Legal Center. “The IFPC Legal Center is honored to secure a settlement for Jane Doe in this groundbreaking case. Other Idaho public schools should take note that compliance with the law isn’t optional. We will hold accountable any school district that chooses to violate the law.”
In a statement to IdahoEdNews, Boise School District Public Affairs Administrator Dan Hollar emphasized that the settlement “resolves disputed claims,” but the Boise School District “continues to maintain that it acted appropriately.”
“Neither the District nor any of its employees admits, acknowledges, or concedes any fault, wrongdoing, liability, or other misconduct,” Hollar said. “…Out of respect for the privacy of the minor children involved, the District will have no further comment on this matter.”
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