PALATINE, Ill. – A great deal of attention will be focused on an Illinois school district on Wednesday night, when the school board of Township High School District 211 meets to determine how to proceed with the case of a male transgender student who wants to use the girls’ locker room.

The district caught the national spotlight last month when the federal government ruled that it violated federal Title IX laws by telling the student he could only use the girls locker room if he changed behind a curtain, to guarantee the privacy of female students who might be uncomfortable changing with a male.

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The Obama administration gave the district 30 days to change its mind and allow the child full access to the girls’ facilities or face sanctions, which could include the loss of roughly $6 million per year in federal aid.

The school board is considering some sort of “settlement” in the case, but details were not released to the media, according to the Chicago Tribune. The school board has moved the meeting from a high school to a larger venue, to accommodate what is expected to be a large crowd of interested residents.

Wednesday is the deadline for the district to reach agreement with the feds.

In an interview with EAGnews last month, District 211 Superintendent Daniel Cates said the district was determined to balance the rights of the transgender student with the privacy rights of the vast majority of students.

He also said he was aware that the outcome of the case could have implications for school districts throughout the nation.

Hundreds if not thousands of districts have buckled to the pressure of the Obama administration and adopted policies allowing transgender students full access to the restroom and locker facilities of their choice, regardless of their biological gender.

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“They are claiming we violated a law, we believe firmly that we did not,” Cates told EAGnews in November. “Our position is one that respects the rights of all. We recognize the precedent-setting potential of this situation, but our primary interest is protecting the privacy of our local students. This principle is one we are prepared to defend through the full legal process.”

“We recognize that what people are on the outside is not always a fair measure of what they are on the inside,” Cates said. “But as school administrators, we can’t ignore who we are on the outside when it comes to anatomy in open locker rooms filled with teens.”