5132

Policy

Students

Dress

Student dress and grooming is the responsibility of students and their parents or guardians.

General standards of dress and grooming include the expectations that student dress and grooming will be reasonable, will he in accord with community standards of decency, will not be harmful to the health and safety of the student or of others, and will not be disruptive to the learning environment.

If the dress or grooming of a student is considered to be inappropriate, the student should be referred to the building principal or other persons designated by the building principal and a judgment will be made about the appropriateness of dress or grooming. The parents or guardians of any pupil who is judged to be inappropriately dressed or groomed will be notified and appropriate corrections in dress or grooming will be expected.

In the event that a student is judged to be inappropriately dressed or groomed and the student's parents or guardians disagree with the judgment of the principal or the principal's designee, a review of the principal's judgment may be sought by the parents or guardians as provided by board policy (1312).

Specific standards of dress and grooming shall be stated in the student handbook and reviewed and approved annually by the superintendent and board of education.

Adopted: May 07, 1990