CENTRAL ISLIP (AP) - A New York school district has settled a lawsuit filed by a student who said officials refused to let him form a Bible club.

The Lindenhurst School District on Long Island denies that it violated the unidentified student's civil rights. However, it has agreed to pay him nominal damages of $1.

The district says that in March, a month after the lawsuit was filed, Lindenhurst High School recognized the Bible club.

The district also has paid $2,500 for legal expenses to the Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund, which represented the student. The group frequently files lawsuits on issues involving Christianity and schools, gay marriage and other topics important to social conservatives.