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Torrie K. Edwards – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation traces the way hair is framed in judicial texts about dress code policy in the U.S. between 1969 and 2023. Using 46 court cases from district, appellate, state supreme, and federal supreme courts, the study first considers how dress code is brought to courts over these 54 years, and the kinds of legal claims made in these cases.…
Descriptors: Dress Codes, Student Rights, Gender Discrimination, Educational Legislation
Hassenpflug, Ann – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2016
Analysis of two recent federal court cases in which principals violated student speech rights offers guidance to middle school administrators as they attempt to address student expression. Characteristics of a successful school from the Association for Middle Level Education provide a framework for analyzing these cases in order to prevent…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Rights, Freedom of Speech, Self Expression
Palestini, Robert; Falk, Karen Palestini – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2012
This third edition expands coverage on such topics as the law and students with disabilities, confidentiality, sexual harassment, student searches and tuition vouchers. It also includes some new topics such as bullying, copyright law, and the law and the internet. Both public and nonpublic school educators are aware that courts, over the last…
Descriptors: School Law, Court Litigation, Public Schools, Private Schools
National Association of Secondary School Principals, Reston, VA. – 1969
The courts will entertain an action to consider the propriety of the suspension or expulsion of a student based on the student's hairstyle. The promulgator of the regulation, be it the principal or the board of education, bears a heavy burden of justification for the rule. The two recognized factors that might sustain a hairstyle regulation are:…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Dress Codes, School Law
Nolte, M. Chester – American School Board Journal, 1971
Describes procedures required of boards of education by the courts in disciplining students. (JF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Discipline Policy, Dress Codes, Due Process
Gould, Morton R. – Nation's Schools, 1972
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Dress Codes, Due Process
Nolte, M. Chester – American School Board Journal, 1971
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Court Doctrine, Dress Codes, Due Process
Washington State Legislature, Olympia. – 1969
This report presents commentaries on the legal aspects of student rights and on some of the disciplinary measures utilized by public schools. It proposes legislation designed to assure that schools, in shaping their disciplinary policies, will conform to the framework of existing constitutional law and recent court cases. A related document is EA…
Descriptors: Behavior, Court Litigation, Discipline, Discipline Policy
Hudgins, H. C., Jr. – Nation's Schools, 1973
Describes a text reflective of the formula that the answer to the question of reducing complex legal issues to understandable principles lies in accepting wholeheartedly the wisdom of court decisions and offering succinct advice for compliance with them. (Author/EA)
Descriptors: Clubs, Dress Codes, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Hudgins, H. C., Jr. – Nation's Schools, 1972
Describes latest court litigation on student rights. (JF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Dress Codes, Due Process, Freedom of Speech
Nolte, M. Chester – American School Board Journal, 1971
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, Discipline Policy, Dress Codes
Carney, Damian; Sinclair, Adele – Education and the Law, 2006
The House of Lords' decision in "R. (on the application of Begum) v. The Headteacher and Governors of Denbigh High School" considered whether a particular school uniform policy infringed a student's right to manifest her religion under Article 9. This paper analyses the content of this decision, and explores how schools should approach…
Descriptors: School Uniforms, Foreign Countries, School Law, Educational Policy

Porto, Brian L. – Journal of Law and Education, 1982
Analyzes the unwillingness of the federal courts to view the traditional braided hairstyle worn by American Indian students as worthy of protection under the Tinker "symbolic speech" doctrine. Examines the legacy of the Tinker doctrine for Indian students and presents an argument for expanding this precedent. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: American Indians, Court Litigation, Dress Codes, Elementary Secondary Education

Kuhn, Mary Julia – Journal of Law and Education, 1996
The outcome of legal battles regarding student dress codes often depends on how the issue is characterized; words used in the code; the geographic area of the conflict; on the ideological trend of the Supreme Court and the political/social climate of the country; and judicial inactivism of the Court. Applies these variables to two Jefferson…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Dress Codes

Swanson, Rick A. – Journal of Law and Education, 1994
Examines the issue of whether public school teachers may be prohibited from wearing religious apparel. Addresses the fundamental distinction between the elementary school setting and the high school setting. Claims the application of garb laws in the context of the public high schools is unconstitutional. (134 footnotes) (MLF)
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Dress Codes, Freedom of Speech