Judge rules school legally punished teen suspended over dreadlocks

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Reynolds testified that hair length was not specifically discussed when the CROWN Act was proposed but that it 'was inferred with the very nature of the style.''Anyone familiar with braids, locs, twists knows it requires a certain amount of length,' Reynolds said.
56% : Allie Booker, George´s attorney, presented two witnesses at the hearing- the teen's mother and Democratic state Rep. Ron Reynolds, who is one of the co-authors of the CROWN Act.
56% : Sara Leon, an attorney for the school district said: 'We appreciate the court giving clarity to the meaning of the CROWN Act.'The district did not offer any witnesses to testify but did submit evidence that included an affidavit from the district´s superintendent defending the dress code policy.
46% : Activists from Black Lives
44% : The school district maintained in court documents that its policy does not violate the CROWN Act because the law does not mention or cover hair length.
43% : 'They say that even (when) my hair is up, if it were to be down it would be not in compliance with the dress code.

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