SDSU Settles Title IX Lawsuit, Pays $300K

0:00San Diego State University just dropped $300,000 to settle a class action lawsuit from female student athletes. They claimed the schools shorted them on athletic financial aid, breaking Title IX rules that demand equal shares based on participation. A federal judge in San Diego greenlit the deal on Monday, calling it an unprecedented cash award for the whole class. This marks the first time a school paid out class wide damages like this for Title IX aid discrimination. The settlement locks in big changes too. SDSU has to hit full compliance by the end of the 2026-27 school year, bring in an outside expert for a gender equity check, and roll out a new equity plan. Plaintiffs lawyers are calling it history-making, saying these women fought for what they deserve, and more schools will follow suit. On the flip side, SDSU insists they never broke Title IX, stressing the payout isn't an admission, and they're proud of funding women's scholarships.

1:00And all the wins on and off the field. The suit kicked off back in 2022, when over a dozen current and former athletes sued, pointing out females were 57 percent of. Athletes but only got about 50 percent of the aid. That gap allegedly left around 305 female varsity athletes short by roughly $570,000. Rapping this up, it's a win for equity in college sports, pushing schools to balance the scales for real-expect ripples across campuses as Title IX. Enforcement heats up. That's your update from California News today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story.