Okla. Schools Settle Dress Codes Lawsuit

[jason]

Okla. Schools Settle Dress Codes Lawsuit

MUSKOGEE, Okla. - An Oklahoma school district has revised its dress code to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of a sixth-grader who wanted to wear her Muslim head scarf to class.

Nashala Hearn, now 12, was suspended twice last year by the Muskogee Public School District for wearing the hijab. School officials said her clothing violated a dress code banning hats, bandanas and other head coverings — a rule intended to curb gang-related activity.

In March, the Justice Department (news - web sites) joined a lawsuit filed on her behalf by a Virginia-based civil rights group. A federal judge approved the settlement last month.

"This experience has been very stressful, very depressing and very humiliating," Hearn said.

Starting this fall, students can wear religious head coverings to school if they apply and have their requests approved by the school board, officials said.

Under the settlement, the district also must pay an undisclosed amount of money, said Leah Farish, Hearn's lawyer. The lawsuit had sought $80,000 in damages.

Muskogee is about 125 miles east of Oklahoma City.




Im gonna just keep my mouth shut on this one...

[Sans Couth]

"The lawsuit had sought $80,000 in damages."

Of course if a teacher who works at the school slips on a wet floor and falls down a flight of stairs and cracks his or her skull wide open, goes into a coma, and later is paralyzed from the neck down, they will probably get a few medical bills paid, and draw a whopping 250 bucks a week in workers comp for six months.

[JasperDog94]

...nevermind....