Civil Rights and Youth Organizations Send Letters to Texas School Districts Urging Them to Ensure Dress Codes Are Not Discriminatory – NAACP Legal…
Posted By admin on July 14, 2022
Read a PDF of our statement here.
Today, seventeen civil rights groups and youth organizations sent letters to every Texas school superintendent urging them to ensure their districts dress codes and related polices are not fostering unlawful discrimination that unfairly denies students an equal opportunity to get an education based on their race, gender, or religion.
The state and national organizations, including the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and ACLU of Texas, note in the letters that in recent years, certain dress code rules such as requiring boys to wear short hair have harmed students across Texas, particularly Black, Indigenous, and LGBTQ+ youth. The letters ask superintendents to update student handbooks this summer to remove any gender-based or discriminatory rules from dress codes.
Some Texas school districts still have dress codes that treat boys and girls differently or are applied in a manner that target students of color who wear their hair in ways that pay homage to their racial or cultural heritage. After LDF and co-counsel Akin Gump won a preliminary injunction barring the Barbers Hill Independent School District from enforcing such a dress code against its client in 2020, many school districts changed their policies to eliminate discriminatory provisions.
We have repeatedly seen how outdated dress code rules harm Texas students, the letters note. Mathis Independent School District (ISD), near Corpus Christi, punished two Catholic students for growing out their hair as a promise to God. In Troy ISD, near Temple, Texas, an 11-year-old student was suspended for 10 days for wearing long hair to honor his Black and Indigenous heritage. And Clyde CISD, near Abilene, Texas, made national news after suspending a gay student for decorating his nails. Troy ISD, Clyde CISD, and dozens of school districts across the state have now updated their dress code policies to remove gender-based language, and all districts should do the same.
The letters continue: No school district should put its federal funding or taxpayer dollars at risk by engaging in unlawful discrimination. Instead, school districts should ensure that every student can thrive and succeed at school.
Read a full copy of the letters here. They are signed by:
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF)The ACLU of TexasTexas AppleseedTexas Civil Rights ProjectChildrens Defense Fund TexasJuvenile and Childrens Advocacy ProjectTexas Freedom Network (TFN)Lambda LegalEquality TexasTransgender Education Network of Texas (TENT)National Womens Law Center (NWLC)Antidefamation LeagueIntercultural Development Research Association (IDRA)NAACP Texas State ConferenceNative American Rights Fund (NARF)Organizing Network for Education (ONE) HoustonYoung Leaders Strong City
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