Dover Schools Pay $1 Million To Plaintiffs For Lawyers' Fees

The Dover (Pennsylvania) Area School District, which in December lost a high profile case challenging its attempts to teach about intelligent design, has now agreed to pay $1 million to cover the plaintiffs' attorneys' fees. Lawyers say the settlement was designed to discourage school boards from considering similar action in the future. Yesterday's Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the school board unanimously approved the agreement at its public meeting yesterday. Board member Bryan Rehm, a plaintiff in the case, abstained.