Judge strikes down charter school dress code that required girls to 'promote traditional values' by wearing skirts
A charter school in North Carolina that banned female students from wearing pants and shorts in an effort to promote"traditional values" violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution and engaged in sex discrimination, a federal judge ruled earlier this week.
"The skirts requirement causes the girls to suffer a burden the boys do not, simply because they are female," U.S. District Judge Malcolm Howard agreed in his ruling. Parents who filed the suit, along with pro bono support from Ellis & Winters LLP and the ACLU of North Carolina, hailed the ruling. In a statement, the mother of one student said it was disappointing that the matter had to be litigated in the first place.
“All I wanted was for my daughter and every other girl at school to have the option to wear pants so she could play outside, sit comfortably, and stay warm in the winter,” said Bonnie Peltier, the mother of a former Charter Day School student, in a statement provided by the ACLU. “We're happy the court agrees, but it's disappointing that it took a court order to force the school to accept the simple fact that, in 2019, girls should have the choice to wear pants.
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