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Senate Bill No. 290
(By Senator Chafin)
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[Introduced February 25, 2005; referred to the
Committee on Education.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §18-2-35 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to requiring school uniforms for
students.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18-2-35
of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-2-35. Dress codes requiring school uniforms for students.
(a) The Legislature hereby finds that the clothing and
footwear worn by students in public schools often preoccupy and
distract students from their major purpose for being in school,
which is obtaining an education. The Legislature finds that in
schools that have adopted a dress code requiring students to wear
school uniforms, disparities in student socioeconomic levels are
less obvious and disruptive incidents are less likely to occur.
(b) The state board shall promulgate rules in accordance with
article three-b, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code that allow a
require every county board to implement a dress code requiring
students to wear a school uniform. The uniforms may shall be
required by the county board for either a school district, or for
any certain school within the district. The rules shall provide at
least the following:
(1) The county board may create an advisory committee
comprised of parents, school employees and students for the purpose
of considering whether the board should adopt a dress code
requiring school the type of uniforms for students in the district;
(2) The county board may create an advisory committee
comprised of parents, school employees and students for the purpose
of considering whether the board should adopt a dress code
requiring different school uniforms for students in any certain
school different schools within the district; and
(3) If The advisory committee recommends to the board that a
dress code requiring school uniforms for students be adopted either
for the district or for any certain school within the district, the
advisory committee also shall may make recommendations on
alternative methods of paying for the school uniforms. and
(4) If the advisory committee recommends to the board that a
dress code requiring school uniforms for students be adopted either
for the district or for any certain school within the district and if the advisory committee reports its recommendations on
alternative methods of paying for the school uniforms to the board,
the board may adopt a dress code requiring school uniforms for
students.
(c) Nothing in this section requires a county board to adopt
a dress code requiring school uniforms for students.
(d) (c) Nothing in this section requires any level of funding
by the Legislature, boards of education or any other agency of
government.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
require school uniforms
be worn by students.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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