The Pennsylvania Department of Education has agreed to end the requirement for teachers to adopt guidelines considered “woke.”

The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has agreed to end the requirement for schools to enforce teaching guidelines that were deemed “woke” in a recently settled lawsuit.

Pennsylvania officials have required schools to adopt a set of guidelines on how to approach instruction in accordance with their “Framework Guidelines for a Culturally Relevant and Sustainable Education Program” (CR-SE).

The guidelines included teachers’ responsibility to “design learning experiences and spaces where students can identify and question economic, political, and social power structures in school” and to “disrupt harmful institutional practices, policies, and norms.”

The Thomas More Society, a faith-based legal group, filed suit against PDE in April 2023 on behalf of a group of parents and public school districts who argued the mandate violated their First Amendment rights.

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PDE agreed to settle the lawsuit in November and rescind its CR-SE guidelines.

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“We are incredibly pleased with this settlement, which forces the Pennsylvania Department of Education to rescind the state’s Culturally Relevant and Sustainable Education guidelines, providing an important victory for Pennsylvania parents, students and teachers,” Thomas Brett, special counsel for the Thomas More Society, said in a statement. statement.

“Our settlement is a triumph against the Department’s overtly ideological and illegal attempt to inject ‘woke’ activism into school curricula throughout Pennsylvania, which required educators to affirm their belief in these ideological tenets and then impose the same on their students,” Brett added.

Just days after the dispute was settled, the department released new proposals as part of its new “Common Framework,” although schools are no longer required to follow those guidelines.

When asked about the settlement, PDE outlined its new rules in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.

“PDE is proud to offer this resource as an enhancement to previously released guidance with an increased focus on digital literacy, mental health, and trauma—real-life issues that affect everyone across all areas of learning in every Pennsylvania community,” Erin James, PDE press secretary’s message.

According to the department’s website, the new guidelines encourage educators to “understand the importance of differences among marginalized students and historically underrepresented groups” such as gender identity.

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Additionally, teachers in the state continue to be encouraged to “create equitable learning environments by challenging and dispelling stereotypes and preconceptions about the intelligence, academic ability, and behavior of historically marginalized students.”