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504 Procedure: Student Dress and Appearance

504 Procedure: Student Dress and Appearance

I.    DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this policy, the following terms have the meaning given them in this section:

A. Destruction to School Property 
The building administration may prohibit articles of clothing that cause excessive maintenance problems, such as cleats on boots, shoes that scratch or mark floors, trousers with metal inserts that scratch furniture, etc. 

B. Health and Safety 

  1. Shoes and shirts/tops must be worn at all times in the building for health and safety reasons. 
  2. Individual course safety requirements, including those related to dress, will be specified by the instructor and communicated to students. Students must comply with course safety requirements at all times. 
  3. Any student failing to comply with course safety requirements may be temporarily suspended from participation in said course, and the registration of a student for such course may be cancelled for willful, flagrant, or repeated failure to observe the requirements. 

C.    School Expectations

  1. Clothing should be appropriate and should not interfere with the rights of other persons to have a safe and supportive school environment. Examples of inappropriate clothing may include, but are not limited to:
  2. Clothing advertising substances illegal for children and adolescents.
  3. Clothing containing obscene and/or profane language, slogans, emblems or pictures. 
  4. Clothing containing language, slogans, emblems or pictures that promote or depict violence, hate, discrimination, harassment toward other students or staff
  5. Clothing that reveals or does not adequately cover intimate body parts of the student
  6. Clothing that substantially and materially interferes with the school environment/educational process or otherwise violates school district policy.

II.    NOTIFICATION 
Notification of the contents of this policy is to be given in student handbooks and communicated to parents.

Revised: 5/24/22
Revised: 11/22/16
Revised: 12/7/99 (formerly Procedure 5213) 
Revised: 6/5/91 
Procedure 5213 Adopted: 5/1/84

Legal Reference: 
United States Constitution, Amendment 1
Tinker v. Des Moines Indep. Sch. Dist., 393 U.S. 503, 89 S.Ct. 733, 21 L.Ed.2d 731 (1969)
B.W.A. v. Farmington R-7 Sch. Dist., 554 F.3d 734 (8th Cir. 2009)
Lowry v. Watson Chapel Sch. Dist., 540 F.3d 752 (8th Cir. 2008)
Stephenson v. Davenport Cmty. Sch. Dist., 110 F.3d 1303 (8th Cir. 1997)
D.B. ex rel. Brogdon v. Lafon, 217 Fed. App. 518 (6th Cir. 2007)
Madrid v. Anthony, 510 F.Supp.2d 425 (S.D. Tex. 2007)
Hicks v. Halifax County Bd. Of Educ.,93 F.Supp.2d 649 (E.D.N.C. 1999)
McIntire v. Bethel School,  Indep. Sch. Dist. No. 3, 804 F .Supp. 1415 (W.D. Okla. 1992)
Olesen v. Bd. Of Educ. Of Sch. Dist. No. 228, 676 F. Supp. 820 (N.D. Ill. 1987)
M.S. 121A.32 – Eye Protection Devices
 

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