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The trial to decide if a Black high school student can continue to be suspended for wearing locs is set to begin Thursday.
According to AP, the bench trial will determine if the Barbers Hill school district can continue its months-long suspension of Darryl George, who they say violated their school district’s dress code policy because of the length of his locs.
State District Judge Chap Cain III will decide if the school district’s punishment of George violates the state’s CROWN Act, which prohibits race-based hair discrimination.
Darryl George, 18, was removed from his high school and sent to a disciplinary alternative education program after being suspended for more than a month over his choice to wear his locs unpinned and below his eyebrows.
George was sent to the alternative program EPIC from Oct. 12 through Nov. 29, for what the principal called a “failure to comply” with campus and classroom regulations.
In December, George’s family filed a formal complaint with the Texas Education Agency, as well as a federal civil rights lawsuit against Gov. Greg Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton, and the school district for violating the state’s CROWN ACT.
“I love my hair, it is sacred and it is my strength,” said George in court documents.
Texas superintendent defended the school district’s position to repeatedly suspend Darryl George for how he wore his locs.
The Superintendent of Barbers Hill ISD took out a full page ad in the @HoustonChron to defend suspending an African American student from school because his hair was too long. Wow. Just wow. pic.twitter.com/C2cZYUh3dR
— Murray Newman (@murraynewman) January 14, 2024
“Being an American requires conformity with the positive benefit of unity,” wrote Poole, discussing George’s case.
He continued, “We have taken the highly unusual step of seeking a declaratory judgment in state district court to verify our interpretation.”
Poole also said in the letter that Darryl George moved to the district from a place that allows longer hair and that the decision is up to local officials.
“Ultimately, this is an issue of local control and deciding who should be setting the policies, goals, and expectations of our school district,” Poole wrote.
The CROWN ACT, or House Bill 567, went into effect Sept. 1, 2021. Since then, over 20 states have enacted some form of the CROWN Act, which bans discrimination in schools and the workplace based on Black hair texture and style.
CROWN, which stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair, protects individuals from discrimination over natural and protective hairstyles in the workplace, schools and other institutions. The legislation also ensures that people with unique hairstyles like locs, Bantu knots or afros, aren’t deprived of educational and employment opportunities. New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Waston Coleman is fighting for the Senate to pass the historic legislation across the United States.
SEE ALSO:
Texas Superintendent Takes Out Full-Page Ad Supporting Suspension Of Black Student For Locs
Black Student Suspended For Locs Fears Expulsion: ‘Can’t Believe I’m Going Through This’
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