6 Aug 1999
The Dallas Independent School District Board of Education recently approved revisions in the Student Dress Code for the 1999-2000 school year. The district’s dress code is established to teach grooming and hygiene, instill discipline, prevent disruption, avoid safety hazards and teach respect for authority among the student enrollment. The newly adopted revisions include the following:
Students are not permitted to wear steel-toe boots or shoes at school;
The length of dresses, skirts and shorts shall be no shorter than "finger-tip length" with one’s arms in normal position, i.e.; arms hanging naturally as student is standing straight and upright;
Spandex pants or sagging pants are prohibited;
Wallet chains which may be used as weapons, bandannas and hair nets may not be worn inside the school;
Facial jewelry, and/or "visible" body piercing has been prohibited;
Tattoos with printed statements or pictures which are vulgar or obscene, or related to the use of drugs, alcohol, tobacco or sex or that promote hate and/or violence are not permitted.
The above stated revisions will be effective immediately. The Dallas Independent School District is committed to dress and grooming standards which promote community values and good citizenship and enhance a safe and orderly educational environment. According to regulations, students whose clothing violates the dress code will be assigned to in-school suspension either for the remainder of the day or until a parent or designee brings an acceptable change of clothing to the school.
A copy of the district’s policy on student dress is attached.
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