ANAHUAC, Texas — On Wednesday, a judge said there will be a trial next month to decide if a Black high school student in Texas can continue to be punished for not changing his hairstyle, which he and his family say is protected by a new state law.
Since Aug. 31, 18-year-old Darryl George has not been present in his regular classroom at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, a suburban city in the Houson area. Instead, he has been either serving in-school suspension or participating in an off-site disciplinary program, The Associated Press reported.
The Barbers Hill Independent School District claims that George’s neatly tied and twisted dreadlocks violate the district’s dress code, which imposes restrictions on hair length for boys. The district asserts that other students with locs adhere to the length policy.
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