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Committee moves to add Crown Act language to student and employee dress policies
Summary
Committee reviewed PSBA-recommended Crown Act edits to policies on student and employee dress and grooming (policies 221 and 335) and voted to send both policies to the full board for consideration; members clarified the policies protect hairstyles historically tied to race and religious creed.
The committee reviewed proposed revisions to student policy 221 and employee policy 335 to add language recommended by PSBA that implements the Crown Act's protections for hairstyles and head coverings. Staff explained the two-line additions: one addressing protective hairstyles and a second addressing religious creed and head coverings.
"What the Crown Act does is provides protection for individuals from discrimination based on hairstyles and and head coverings, that are historically associated with an individual's race as well as religious creed," a staff member explained when summarizing the recommended language.
Members asked whether the draft needed to include every specific style and whether some items are primarily fashion; staff responded the key metric in the Crown Act language is historical association with race or religious creed. With no opposition voiced, the chair made a motion to send policies 221 and 335 to the full board; the committee approved the motion by voice vote.
