A Phoenix area school district and a Christian university in Arizona have reached a deal to settle a lawsuit over the school district's decision to not renew a student teacher agreement it had with the university, according to officials with a Christian legal organization that led the lawsuit.
Officials with a Christian legal organization announced on May 4 that a deal has been reached between a Phoenix area school district and a Christian university in Arizona over the district's previous decision to terminate an agreement it had with the university.
on the lawsuit between ACU and WESD in March. The lawsuit was filed after the district's governing board voted in late February to reject a renewal agreement for Student Teacher Placement with Arizona Christian University. The President of ACU said more than 100 students have served the district, and 25 were hired full time by the district after graduation.
"[The] institution has policies that are openly bigoted, and I will not sit here as a member of the community and let our children be subjected to that."ACU student handbook states opposition to same-sex marriage, same-sex sexual behaviorfor the 2021-2022 school year, the school states that it believes "God has ordained and created marriage to exist between one man and one woman, with absolute marital fidelity.
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