00                             SENATE BILL NO. 43                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to a dress code for public schools."                                                                   
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
04            Sec. 14.03.135.  School dress code.  (a)  A governing body may adopt a                                     
05       reasonable dress code that requires a student attending public school in the district to                          
06       wear a uniform or that prohibits a student from wearing specified clothing if the                                 
07       governing body determines that the policy is necessary for the health and safety of the                           
08       students or teachers of the district.                                                                             
09            (b)  A dress code that requires students to wear a uniform may not be                                        
10       implemented unless the governing body                                                                             
11                 (1)  provides at least six months notice to the student body and to                                     
12       parents of students in the district;                                                                              
13                 (2)  determines that financial resources are available to assist                                        
14       economically disadvantaged students;                                                                              
15                 (3)  includes in it a provision allowing parents to exclude their children                              
01       from the dress code; and                                                                                          
02                 (4)  includes in it a provision that a student may not be academically                                  
03       penalized or otherwise discriminated against if the student is excepted from the                                  
04       uniform requirement under (3) of this subsection.                                                                 
05            (c)  A dress code adopted under this section may not preclude students who                                   
06       participate in a nationally recognized youth organization from wearing organization                               
07       uniforms on days when the organization has a scheduled meeting.