When Riley O’Keefe, a freshman at Bartram Trail High School in St. Johns ... raised issues with the St. Johns County school district’s dress code policies. In March 2021, Riley walked through ...

Policies on hairstyles are often included in school dress codes. A group of high school track athletes in Albany, New York, were removed from practice in May for wearing sports bras and no shirts.

“Black girls may be particularly vulnerable to harm from dress code enforcement,” the report said. Consider the case of Ahriah Baynes, an Albany (N.Y.) High School athlete, who was told she ...