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House Journal: Page 1918: Wednesday, April 26, 1995

23   the health and safety of students and staff in the
24   school environment or for the appropriate discipline
25   and operation of the school.  Adoption and enforcement
26   of a dress code policy is not a violation of section
27   280.22.
28     3.  If the district adopts a policy for the entire
29   school district, the specific attire selected shall be
30   determined by a committee composed of representatives
31   from the district's administrative staff,
32   instructional staff, and parents and legal guardians
33   of students enrolled in the district.  If the district
34   adopts a policy for an individual school, the specific
35   attire shall be selected by a committee composed of
36   the individual school's administration,
37   representatives from the school's instructional staff,
38   and parents and legal guardians of students enrolled
39   in the school.  A dress code policy that requires
40   students to wear specific attire shall not be
41   implemented with less than six months' notice to
42   parents and legal guardians.  A school implementing a
43   dress code policy requiring specific attire shall make
44   resources available to assist economically
45   disadvantaged students in securing the specific
46   attire.
47     4.  The board shall provide a method by which
48   parents and legal guardians may choose not to have
49   their children comply with an adopted dress code
50   policy that requires specific attire.  If a board

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 1   chooses to adopt a policy pursuant to this section,
 2   the policy shall include a provision that a student
 3   shall not be penalized academically or otherwise
 4   discriminated against or denied attendance to school
 5   if the student's parent or legal guardian chooses not
 6   to have the student comply with a school dress code
 7   policy that would require the student to wear specific
 8   attire.  A policy adopted pursuant to this section
 9   shall not preclude students that participate in a
10   nationally recognized youth organization, exempt from
11   federal income taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the
12   Internal Revenue Code, from wearing organization
13   uniforms on days that the organization has a scheduled
14   meeting."
15        .  Page 11, by inserting after line 18 the
16   following:
17     "Sec. 999.  NEW SECTION.  280.21B  EXPULSION --
18   WEAPONS IN SCHOOL.
19     The board of directors of a school district and the
20   authorities in charge of a nonpublic school which
21   receives services supported by federal funds shall
22   expel from school for a period of not less than one
23   year a student who is determined to have brought a

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