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Kansas City senator sponsors CROWN Act to bar hair-based discrimination in schools
Summary
Senator Barbara Ann Washington introduced Senate Bill 38 to adopt the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act in Missouri, which would prohibit discriminatory treatment based on hairstyles in elementary and secondary schools; transcript includes an account of students being removed or penalized for hairstyles.
Senator Barbara Ann Washington of Kansas City is sponsoring Senate Bill 38, a measure to adopt the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act in Missouri to prohibit discriminatory practices in elementary and secondary schools related to hairstyles.
Washington described the proposal as intended to prevent unfair treatment of students because of natural hair. The transcript records a separate speaker describing consequences students can face, including exclusion from school activities or graduation, because of hairstyle policies.
"My proposal seeks to create the 'Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair,' or CROWN Act, to prohibit certain discriminatory practices as they relate to hairstyles in elementary and secondary schools," Washington said. An unidentified speaker added, "Being kicked out of school, being treated unfairly, bullied, prevented from doing extracurricular activities, proms. Not our state, but there is even states where they couldn't even graduate from high school until they cut their hair." The transcript does not record a floor vote on SB38.
Reporting from the state capital, Dean Morgan.
