Student Dress Codes and the First Amendment

Legal Challenges and Policy Issues

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Student Dress Codes and the First Amendment

Legal Challenges and Policy Issues

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Description

Students’ early morning decisions about what to wear to school have led many school districts into legal issues and policy challenges. Confederate belt buckles, exposed bellies, sagging pants, political statements, and social commentary have all been banned from schools, and these bans have often resulted in litigation by students who claim their constitutional right to free speech has been violated.

Student Dress Codes and the First Amendment: Legal Challenges and Policy Issues explores the legal issues that arise when a school prohibits various types of student attire. Through an analysis of major Supreme and federal court cases, this volume examines conflicts that arise when administrators juggle a student’s right to free speech with the need to maintain an environment conducive to learning.

Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: What to Wear to School: The Controversy
Chapter 2: The Free Speech Rights of Students
Chapter 3: Dress Codes: Pants, Hats, and Gangs--The Clothes are the Message
Chapter 4: Drugs, Politics and the Confederate Flag: Targeted Messages on Students’ Clothing
Chapter 5: Clothing Messages About Sex, Abortion and Sexual Orientation
Chapter 6: Policy Implications of Dress Codes: Balancing Rights and Responsibilities
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Product details

Published 30 Jul 2014
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 144
ISBN 9781475802054
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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