It's a clean slate for Round Rock students who marched against immigration reform last year.
They say they're happy with the recent settlement with the City of Round Rock.
"I think it was on my mind and so I spoke it," student Kim Arteaga said.
After a year-long battle, Arteaga has a special appreciation for the first amendment.
"I knew that they [immigrants] were afraid to go out there because they thought, 'well, I could get sent back to Mexico' and so I wanted to do it for them," Arteaga said.
She's one of more than 200 Round Rock students arrested for walking out of class to protest immigration reform back in March 2006.
"It was not a pleasant experience. That's for sure. There were a lot of mixed emotions," her father, Jose Arteaga said.
So unpleasant the students and their families took it to federal court with the help of the Texas Civil Liberties Project.
The City of Round Rock settled the case rather than face what could have been a long and costly legal battle.
"There could have been winners and losers if we had gone through with this long, protracted and very expensive lawsuit," Round Rock Mayor Nyle Maxwell said.
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Battle over
Several Round Rock students settled with the city regarding tickets for their protests last year.
 
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So now, they'll have to pay more $50,000 dollars worth of attorneys' fees, and drop any pending violation of curfew and disruption of class charges.
The city of Round Rock will set up a fund to pay $400 for legal fees to students who want their records cleaned, which will be paid by the city's insurance carrier.
Students will have to take a three hour course on civics, but both parties stand by their decisions.
"Over all, you know, I think we got our point across," Jose Arteaga said.
And this father couldn't be more pleased.
"Don't think that you can't change the world. You can do something about it." Kim Arteaga said.
