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From the ECS State Policy Database
School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes


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This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format.

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State Status/Date Level Summary
TNSigned into law 05/2012P-12Dress Codes - School Personnel
H.B. 2222
Requires local boards of education to adopt dress codes for professional employees.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB2222.pdf...

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TNSigned into law 04/2012P-12Dress Codes
S.B. 3558
Prohibits students from wearing, while on the grounds of a public school during the regular school day, clothing that exposes underwear or b...

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DESigned into law 08/2011P-12Uniform Requirements
H.B. 42
Requires the Department of Education to promulgate uniform regulations related to school discipline to provide consistency across all distri...

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ARSigned into law 03/2011P-12Prohibition of Certain Clothing
H.B. 1936
Requires districts to prohibit the wearing of clothing that exposes underwear, buttocks, or the breast of a female student.
http://www.arkle...

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GASigned into law 05/2007P-12Referendum on School Uniforms
H.B. 712
Provides for a nonbinding, advisory referendum in November 2008 for residents of the DeKalb County School System regarding whether school un...

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UTSigned into law 03/2006P-12School Uniforms
H.B. 167
This bill: provides definitions; modifies findings of the Legislature; provides statutory policy requirements for school uniform policies; a...

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VASigned into law 03/2005P-12Student Dress Codes
H.B. 1573
Directs the state board to develop guidelines for school boards in establishing student dress codes designed to prohibit any apparel or styl...

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WVSigned into law 02/2002P-12Dress Codes
S.B. 177
Provides procedure for implementing a uniform dress code for public schools....

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CASigned into law 09/2001P-12School dress code policies
S.B. 310
Relates to school dress code policies. Requires every school site to allow for outdoor use during the school day, articles of sun-protective...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12School Uniform Policies
H.B. 58
Relates to the State System of Public Education by providing that a school uniform policy shall remain in place for at least a year after it...

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OKSigned into law 05/2000P-12School Uniforms
H.B. 2728 (Omnibus Bill)
Deletes certain provisions relating to school dress code and states school boards have the option of adopting a dress code which includes s...

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UTSigned into law 03/2000P-12School Uniform Policies
H.B. 155
Relates to public schools; requires an election for the adoption of a school or school district uniform policy; clarifies voting requirement...

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