Board Policy
Descriptor Code: JCDB
Student Dress Code??
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All Students
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It is not the intent of the Muscogee County School District to dictate the
quality or style of clothing worn, but rather an effort to encourage good
habits and acceptable group behavior.? Student dress and personal appearance
should reflect dignity and pride in oneself and in the school.? Therefore, a
student shall not dress, groom, or wear or use emblems, insignias, badges or
other symbols where the effect thereof is to distract unreasonably the
attention of other students or otherwise to cause disruption or interference
with the operation of the school.
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It is prohibited for any student to wear clothing items which advertise
alcoholic beverages, sex, tobacco, obscene, crude or suggestive messages or use
of profanity.? Designs or insignias that are part of a haircut, satanic
symbols, gang-related badges, insignias and colors; logos or symbols with
denigrate social or ethnic groups are also prohibited.? "Fake" alcohol or drug
advertisement is also disallowed.
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Individual schools are permitted to designate uniforms or apparel for student
to wear.? The schools shall present their choice to the Board of Education for
review.? Students who have financial reasons and can demonstrate that they
cannot afford to purchase or acquire a uniform shall not be denied admission to
school for that reason. ?Bonafide religious attire will be permitted.
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Grades 6-12
Dress Code Summary
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Shirts
All shirts should be tucked in
No undergarments are to be worn as outer garments
No midriffs should be exposed
No see-through shirts/blouses
No tank tops, spaghetti straps, tube tops
Nothing that advocates drugs, sex, alcohol, violence, gangs, hate, or profanity
Shirts that are made for females that cover the midriff but move when the
student sits may not be worn
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Shoes
No shower shoes, flip flops, or bedroom shoes
No heels higher than two (2) inches
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Pants
Pants are to be worn on or above the waist
No see-through pants
If pants can be worn properly on or above the waist, no belt is required
Sweat pants, wind pants, pants with holes are not to be worn
No pants are to be worn bound at the ankle.
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Dresses and Skirts
Dresses and skirts may be worn with the length to be no higher than three (3)
inches above the top of the knee cap.
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Shorts
Shorts may be worn with the length to be no higher than three (3) inches above
the top of the knee cap.
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Coats
Hooded garments may be worn to school as long as the hoods?are not worn indoors.
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Hats
No head coverings i.e., bandanas, do rags, sweat bands
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Jewelry
No jewelry with reference to gangs, drugs, hate, violence, or sex is allowed.
?Items such as chains on a belt, wallet, etc. and items with spikes are not
permitted.
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No oversized clothing is allowed.
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Each school is expected to create a progressive discipline plan to address
dress code violations using out of school suspension as the last intervention.
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Muscogee County Schools
Date Adopted:
?3/18/2002
Last Revised:
?3/19/2007
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Georgia Code
Description
O.C.G.A. 20-02-0736
Student codes of conduct; distribution
These references are not intended to be part of the policy itself, nor do they
indicate the basis or authority for the board to enact this policy. Instead,
they are provided as additional resources for those interested in the subject
matter of the policy.
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