KNOXVILLE (WATE/AP) -- A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union against the Knox County public school system over access to certain Web sites.
The ACLU filed suit in May over Internet blocking that denied access by students to educational sites about gay, lesbian and transgender issues.
The suit was filed on behalf of three high school students in Nashville, one student in Knoxville and a high school librarian in Knoxville who's also the advisor of the school's Gay-Straight Alliance.
A student at Central High School in Knoxville had discovered his school's filtering software default setting blocked sites categorized as LGBT, including the sites of many well-known LGBT organizations.
Knox County Law Director Bill Lockett was given the order on Wednesday, signed by federal District Court Judge William Haynes on Aug. 10, dismissing the suit.
Knox County Schools Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre said the filtering software by a contractor had not complied with the system's policy and adjustments were made to unblock the sites.
Tennessee ACLU Executive Director Hedy Weinberg said the group was glad the issue was resolved in a positive way.
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