Governor Mills issued the following statement on the State of Maine's settlement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture over nutrition funds withheld over alleged Title IX violations:

"The State of Maine went to court and fought this unlawful attempt to freeze critical funding for our school lunch program - and we won. I applaud the work of Attorney General Frey and his staff in representing the state in this action against USDA, and preserving healthy school meals for 172,000 Maine school children."