Know Your Rights: Is Your School's Dress Code Constitutional?

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With the start of another school year, it might be a good time to review when school dress codes interfere with a student's guaranteed right of free speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Can your school mandate what you can wear? The answer is generally yes, but not always.

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Know Your Rights: Is Your School's Dress Code Constitutional?

Schools argue that certain dress and grooming are necessary to minimize distraction, disruption and gang activity. And the courts usually side...

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