HONOLULU -- KITV News has learned that one of the lawsuits attacking the Kamehameha schools admission policy may be settled, or very close to settlement.

The case involves Brayden Mohica-Cummings, 12, who was admitted to Kamehameha even though he is not Hawaiian. A source close to the negotiations says that the school has offered to let Mohica-Cummings stay at Kamehameha for the rest of his school career. In return, his lawsuit challenging the Kamehameha admission policy would be dropped.

Even though he has no Hawaiian blood, Mohica-Cummings was admitted to Kamehameha because his mother -- who was adopted by a Hawaiian family -- at first said her son was Hawaiian.

The lawsuit began after Kamehameha tried to block Mohica-Cummings' admission, but Judge David Ezra ordered the school to admit him while the case was argued in court.

If the Mohica-Cummings case is dropped, it would not affect the other case of unidentified students who have been denied admission. That case is on its way to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ezra did not rule in the Mohica-Cummings case, and he has scheduled a meeting of the parties for Friday afternoon.

A representative of the schools said the trustees were briefed on the settlement Wednesday, but they did not take a vote, and their approval would be necessary for anything to be finalized.