Student dress codes should not discriminate based on race, gender or religion, an array of civil rights groups聽.
The organizations, including the ACLU of Texas and Texas Appleseed, asked school leaders to update dress codes over the summer to remove any gender-based or discriminatory language.
Some districts continue to treat boys and girls differently or target students of color in their policies, the groups wrote in a letter to superintendents. These policies harm Texas students, particularly Black, Indigenous and LGBT youth, they added.
