Consumer Law
A Judge Puts a Temporary Block on a Texas School District’s Gender-Based Hair Policy
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Texas school district’s enforcement of a grooming policy that prohibits boys from having long hair.
Chief U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal’s ruling on Monday came days after seven students, ages 7 to 17, sued the Magnolia Independent School District alleging gender discrimination over the policy that bans boys — and not girls — from having long hair.
Rosenthal’s ruling covers a small group of students who she said were being harmed by the policy, according to the Houston Chronicle.
