San Diego State University will pay a $300,000 settlement plus $1.3 million in attorneys’ fees to nearly 800 female student athletes who alleged they received less athletic scholarship money than required under Title IX, according to reporting. The class action, first filed in 2022, claimed scholarship deficits dated back over a decade. SDSU denied wrongdoing and said its funding level for women’s scholarships is a point of pride. The university described the settlement as “non-precedential,” while also agreeing to an independent gender-equity review of its athletics department. The report notes the settlement is described as the first time a university will pay students specifically over unequal athletic scholarships. For institutions, the compliance posture is operational: scholarship accounting, documentation of equivalency plans, and robust internal monitoring. As Title IX scrutiny continues, athletics departments may need to strengthen equity review processes beyond high-level statements—especially when prior policy gaps span multiple years.