2003 - 2004 La Porte ISD	Rev: 4/15/03
Secondary Dress Code
Grades 7 - 12

Hair / Jewelry / Clothing / Accessories / Prohibited
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The District’s dress code is established to teach hygiene, instill discipline, prevent disruption, avoid safety hazards and teach respect for authority and property. All students are required to follow the District student dress code for school attendance and for attendance at school-sponsored activities. Exceptions to the dress code for special events, medical or religious requirements will be considered on an individual basis. Students not dressed according to this dress code will be required to change clothing, will be warned about their clothing, or will be removed to an alternate setting for the remainder of the day. Disciplinary consequences may result.

The principal, principal’s designee, or other administrators shall have the final authority to determine the suitability of the student dress. The principal, in cooperation with the sponsor, coach, or other person in charge of an extracurricular activity, may regulate the dress and grooming of students who participate in the activity. Individual campuses may develop and enforce additional dress and grooming guidelines that meet the standards of the campus. These guidelines may be more restrictive than those prohibited by the District. However, these additional guidelines shall adhere to the general guidelines for the District and be developed with advice of the campus committee.

The LPISD Secondary Dress Code General Guidelines:

Student dress must be deemed appropriate for wear at a public event.

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• Hair shall be clean, neatly groomed and non-distracting

Jewelry

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• Pierced jewelry is to be worn in the ears only.

Clothing

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• Clothing shall be clean, cinched at the waist, properly fitting and shall cover the body from the lower thigh/knee area to shoulder points and approximate neck base. Students are required to wear garments with hemmed sleeves. All clothing is to be no shorter than the end of the student’s fingertips when the arms are at their side and while standing. Slits, flaps, and other openings in skirts must meet the same criteria as for all clothing in shortness.
• All students must wear appropriate undergarments.

Accessories

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• Sunglasses, hats, bandannas, gloves or any head/hand coverings are not allowed indoors.
• Head coverings worn indoors will be confiscated and not returned
• Tattoos and/or any other drawings on the skin must be covered

Prohibited

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• Chains (i.e. billfold chains)
• Pictures, emblems, or writings on clothing or jewelry that (1) are lewd, offensive, vulgar, or obscene; (2) advertise or depict tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, drugs, weapons, violence, satanic symbols, blood, or death; and/or (3) are evidence of membership or affiliation in any gang, unauthorized club or organization.
• Shower shoes, flip-flops, or bedroom slippers (They will be confiscated and only returned to parent or guardian)
• Pajama pants or sleepwear, baggy pants/shorts or athletic shorts, body suits, bike pants, leggings, tight, or cotton sweat pants
• Undergarments worn as outer garments
• Writing on the seat/bottom area of shorts or pants or other garments
• Clothing that allows undergarments to be exposed or bares the midriff (if the student’s undergarments or midriff can be seen when the arms are raised above the head, then it is to short)

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