The Pennsylvania school that denied a student admission because he was HIV-positive has reached a settlement for more than $700,000 after a federal lawsuit alleging the school violated the Americans With Disabilities Act. 

Smith, now a 14-year-old ninth-grader, was denied admission last year to the eighth-grade class at the Milton Hershey School, founded by the chocolate magnate and his wife. School administrators said the honor roll student, who has HIV, presented a “direct threat” to the health and safety of other students, according to a press release announcing the settlement, which also requires the school to conduct HIV training for its staff and students.

“Children should not be denied educational opportunities simply because they have HIV,” said Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department, in a press release. “This settlement sends a clear message that unlawful discrimination against persons with HIV or AIDS will not be tolerated.”

After all this, the student has decided not to enroll at the Hershey School. I don’t blame him.