Issue: Is a student choice of dress constitutionally protected? In some instances, Students' choice of dress constitutionally protected if it's considered to be a form of speech or expression?
Rule: Schools: State Laws permits school boards to establish dress code regulations for students. Schools enforce student dress code to promote a safe environment, preventing student distraction, and while providing a disciplined school setting for all students.
Rule: Students: The choice of what attire a student may wear during school, in some instances is protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution. If a student has clothing worn as a form of expression of ideas, religious beliefs, or even a form of speech are protected by the First Amendment of
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An example of how the First Amendment protects Students' choice of dress are: the right to wear religious attire, head scarf, yarmulke or turban.
Analysis: Students: The First Amendment allows freedom of speech as a right. The student dress is some instances is a form of expression and speech. For example, if a student wants to wear a clothing attire with Martin Luther King with I had a dream on their shirt, if a student wears clothing as a practice of their part of their religion, or a student wants to wear a shirt with their favorite football team, they are protected by the constitution. Schools are not to enforce student dress code only because they don’t agree with the students' form of dress. Students have the freedom of expression as long as the form of dress isn't vulgar or disruptive to students learning. One of the first dress code law was in 1969 by the United States Supreme Court. Case Tinker vs. Des Moines Independent School Dist. Students wore black armbands to