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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5224
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 184
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. CONLEY, 40th Dist.
AN ACT PROHIBITING SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICIES THAT
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST STUDENTS BASED ON NATURAL HAIR
AND HAIRSTYLES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 10-221 of the general statutes be amended to prohibit a 1
local or regional board of education from developing, adopting or 2
implementing any policy that discriminates against or denies any 3
student an equal opportunity to participate in the activities, programs 4
and courses of study offered in the schools under the jurisdiction of such 5
board on the basis of such student's natural hair, hair texture or 6
hairstyle, such as braids, dreadlocks and twists. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit local and regional boards of education from adopting
policies that discriminate against students based on natural hair and
hairstyles.