Nevada Code § 386.855

Authorization to establish policy of uniforms for pupils and dress code for educational personnel; financial assistance for pupils to purchase uniforms
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1. The board of trustees of a school
district may, in consultation with the schools within the district, parents and
legal guardians of pupils who are enrolled in the district, and associations
and organizations representing licensed educational personnel within the
district, establish a policy that requires pupils to wear school uniforms.
2. The policy must:
(a) Describe the uniforms;
(b) Designate which pupils must wear the
uniforms;
(c) Designate the hours or events during which
the uniforms must be worn; and
(d) To the extent practicable, be consistent with
the policy adopted pursuant to NRS 392.453 .
3. If the board of trustees of a school
district establishes a policy that requires pupils to wear school uniforms, the
board shall facilitate the acquisition of school uniforms for pupils whose
parents or legal guardians request financial assistance to purchase the
uniforms.
4. The board of trustees of a school
district may establish a dress code enforceable during school hours for the
teachers and other personnel employed by the board of trustees.
5. A dress code or a policy that requires
pupils to wear school uniforms may not discriminate against a pupil based on
race. Race discrimination prohibited by this subsection includes, without
limitation, the enforcement of a dress code or policy that requires school
uniforms whereby a pupils hair texture, hairstyle, including, without
limitation, a protective hairstyle, or other trait associated with race
violates the dress code or the policy.
6. As used in this section:
(a) Protective hairstyle includes, without
limitation, hairstyles such as natural hairstyles, afros, bantu knots, curls,
braids, locks and twists.
(b) Race includes traits associated with race,
including, without limitation, hair texture and protective hairstyles.

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