Tennessee § 49-6-4009 - Student discipline code to include provision prohibiting indecent clothing.
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§ 49-6-4009. Student discipline code to include provision prohibiting indecent clothing.
An LEA shall include in its student discipline code a provision prohibiting students from wearing, while on the grounds of a public school during the regular school day, clothing that exposes underwear or body parts in an indecent manner that disrupts the learning environment. An LEA shall specify in its student discipline code the disciplinary actions that shall be taken against a student for a violation of subsection (a). Subsection (a) shall not be enforced in a manner that discriminates against a student on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, or national origin. Acts 2012, ch. 781, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-6-4019 . Compiler's Notes. For the Preamble to the act concerning the prohibition of students wearing clothes in an indecent manner, please refer to Acts 2012, ch. 781. Former §§ 49-6-4011 — 49-6-4019 were transferred to §§ 49-6-4001 — 49-6-4009 by authority of the code commission in 2013.
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