U.S. President Donald Trump's administration agreed on Friday to refrain from unilaterally cutting off Maine's access to federal funding used to feed school children, ending one of several legal fights stemming from the state's refusal to comply with his demands to ban transgender athletes from girls' sports teams.

The Department of Agriculture agreed it will not interfere with Maine school funding based on alleged Title IX violations without following the proper procedure, according to a settlement announced Friday.

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced Friday that the state has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture regarding the freezing or termination of funding for the state over alleged Title IX violations.