Supreme Court Leaves In Place Ruling Banning Charter School From Forcing Girls to Wear Skirts
The Supreme Court declined Monday to review a decision by a lower court that barred a private charter school from requiring female students to wear skirts. In 2019, several female students filed a lawsuit with the ACLU…
The Supreme Court declined Monday to review a decision by a lower court that barred a private charter school from requiring female students to wear skirts.
In 2019, several female students filed a lawsuit with the ACLU against the Charter Day School in North Carolina, which requires students to wear a uniform, with pants for male students and skirts for female students. A federal court ruled against the school, prohibiting them from enforcing the rule, and the school then appealed to the Supreme Court to uphold the school’s right to enforce a dress code.
However, the justices declined to review the case, according to the Monday order list.
“Today’s announcement is a victory for the thousands of students who attend public charter schools in North Carolina and for the 3.6 million students like them nationwide,” Ria Tabacco Mar, Director of the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, said