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House committee hears sponsor testimony for Crown Act to bar K–12 hair discrimination
Summary
Representatives Brent and Callender offered sponsor testimony on House Bill 415, the "Crown Act," which would prohibit K–12 public schools in Ohio from discriminating against students based on hair texture or protective hairstyles. The bill received questions on outreach, enforcement and whether it should extend to private schools; no formal vote
Representative Brent offered sponsor testimony during the first hearing on House Bill 415, the Crown Act, telling the House Education Committee the measure would "prohibit our public school educations from K to 12, specifically, from discrimination based on hair texture." Brent said the bill is being introduced for a fourth time and argued that current Ohio law provides no recourse for students disciplined for wearing natural or protective hairstyles.
The bill's sponsors described examples of students sent home for wearing Afro puffs and wrestlers required to cut locks, and urged the committee to act…
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