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Littleton Public Schools Policy |
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Policy Code JICA Policy Name Student Dress Code Adoption July 2, 1984 Revised June 23, 2011 |
A safe and disciplined learning environment is essential to a quality educational program. Districtwide standards on student attire are intended to help students concentrate on schoolwork, reduce discipline problems, and improve school order and safety. The Board recognizes that students have a right to express themselves through dress and personal appearance; however, students shall not wear apparel that is deemed disruptive or potentially disruptive to the classroom environment or to the maintenance of a safe and orderly school.
Student grooming and apparel must adhere to LPS standards of decency, must not pose a threat to public or personal safety or health, and must not be disruptive of or distracting to classroom activity or student behavior. These standards apply in school District buildings, on school grounds, in school vehicles, on school District property, and at school-sponsored activities.
General standards of appropriate dress include, but are not limited to, the following:
Students are expected to exhibit reasonable cleanliness in their grooming and dress.
Unacceptable dress includes clothing that is transparent or revealing, or inappropriate for the particular activity.
Also considered unacceptable is clothing:
advertising or referring to alcoholic beverages, tobacco, drugs, or weapons, displaying gang symbols or denoting membership in gangs that advocate drug use, violence or disruptive behavior by virtue of color, arrangement, trademark, or other attribute,
using defamatory or vulgar, offensive or obscene language, design, or message, threatening the safety or welfare of any person, or
promoting any activity prohibited by the student code of conduct.
Students may not sag their pants.
Hazardous apparel or jewelry, such as spiked belts, spiked wrist bands, chains, or other items likely to injure the wearer or someone else is not permitted.
Appropriate footwear is required at all times.
Clothing must be worn as intended by the manufacturer.
Appropriate athletic clothing may be worn in physical educational classes under guidelines established by the teacher. Clothing normally worn when participating in school-sponsored extracurricular or sports activities (such as cheerleading uniforms and the like) may be worn to school when approved by the sponsor or coach.
School administrators may establish additional specific standards for their individual schools within LPS guidelines.
Teachers may establish additional specific standards for their individual classrooms within LPS dress guidelines.
Disciplinary action for violation of dress standards may include requiring the student to remove or change the grooming/apparel, referral to counselor or administration, parental conference, and suspension and/or expulsion.
Legal Reference: C.R.S. 22-32-109.1 (2)(a)(IX) (Board’s duty to adopt student dress code.)
Cross Reference: JBB, Sexual Harassment of Students
JIC, Student Conduct
JICDA, Student Code of Conduct
JICF, Gang Activity/Secret Societies
JICH, Drug and Alcohol Use by Students
JICI, Weapons in School
JK, Student Discipline
JKD/JKE, Suspension/Expulsion of Students