BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — The Beaverton School District has agreed to pay $75,000 to settle a discrimination complaint by a student teacher temporarily reassigned last fall for talking to a fourth-grader about gay marriage.
The district and Seth Stambaugh said Friday they reached a settlement after mediation.
The Oregonian reports that a joint statement says the school district also agreed to “provide leadership training concerning issues related to sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.”
Stambaugh’s lawyer says he will finish his nine-month internship at Sexton Mountain Elementary School in June and plans to graduate this summer from Lewis & Clark College.
In October, a 9-year-old Sexton Mountain student asked why Stambaugh wasn’t married. Stambaugh, who is gay, said it was not legal for him to marry another man. A parent overheard the conversation and complained to the district.
