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Dec 23, 2022 · Nearly 20% of public schools in the 2019-2020 school year required students to wear a uniform and 44% enforced a "strict" dress code, according to the National Center for...
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Dec 27, 2022 · Almost 69 percent of dress codes ban clothing associated with boys, such as “muscle tees” and “sagging pants.” And 59 percent of dress codes have rules about students’ hairstyles that...
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- Dress codes can’t be explicitly discriminatory. That means that while dress codes may specify types of attire that are acceptable, these requirements may not differ based on students’ gender, race, religion, or other protected characteristics.
- All students, whether transgender or cisgender, must be allowed to wear clothing consistent with their gender identity and expression. This is because the clothing, accessories, and hairstyles we wear are part of how we express our identity, and because schools cannot force students to conform their appearance or behavior based on rigid and discriminatory gender norms and stereotypes.
- Dress codes that are unevenly enforced against particular groups of students may violate laws prohibiting discrimination. Even when a dress code appears to be “neutral” on its face, a public school may violate students’ civil rights by targeting enforcement of its dress code against certain groups of students.
- Schools can’t discriminate based on the viewpoint expressed by your clothing. The Supreme Court has recognized that public school students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”
Mar 31, 2023 · School dress codes have disproportionately targeted girls, students of color, and LGBTQ+ students for years, according to research. But what happens when those students fight back?
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Oct 27, 2022 · Girls, Black students, and LGBTQ students are disproportionately impacted by school dress codes, says the GAO's report.
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Carlmont Dress Code Policy. CHS is a high school community that values diversity and promotes a spirit of belonging for all students. To reflect that, the CHS dress code is intended for student comfort and personal expression while.
Jul 24, 2018 · Looking at public schools in the District of Columbia, the report found that three in four D.C. public high school dress codes say students can be pulled out of class or school for dress code violations.
