Student Dress Codes and the First Amendment Legal Challenges and Policy Issues – (PDF/EPUB Version)

Student Dress Codes and the First Amendment: Legal Challenges and Policy Issues explores the legal issues that arise when a school prohibits various types of student attire. Students carry with them into the schoolyard the constitutional right to free speech, which public schools must respect. At the same time, school authorities must maintain an environment that is conducive to learning. Those twin responsibilities come into conflict at times, and what to wear to school is one of the areas of conflict.