A school district in Indiana has reached a settlement agreement worth $200,000 with a former counselor who lost her job over a dispute involving transgender student policies.
Kathy McCord was terminated by the South Madison County School Corporation after she declined to follow district guidelines that prevented school staff from informing parents when their children were presenting as a different gender at school.
The legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom took on McCord’s case and secured the financial settlement. A representative from the organization stated that “No American should be fired for expressing her beliefs.”
The case highlights ongoing tensions between school policies regarding transgender students and employees who object to those policies on religious or personal grounds.
