A federal judge's order has ended a long-running lawsuit in Kentucky over public funding of faith-based organizations.
In a settlement agreement reached last year, Kentucky officials agreed to monitor state-funded child care agencies to ensure they're not proselytizing or pushing religion on the children in their care.
U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson signed an order on Monday approving the settlement and dismissing the suit, which was filed in 2000.
The suit was filed by three citizens and a lesbian who claimed religious discrimination in her firing from her job with Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children. The Baptist-affiliated agency has since changed its name to Sunrise Children's Services.
The worker's claim against Sunrise was dismissed in 2009, but a challenge over public funding of religious groups was allowed to proceed.