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The Supreme Court has upheld an appeals ruling barring a North Carolina public charter school from requiring girls to wear skirts to school
FILE – The U.S. Supreme Court, June 13, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, file)
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WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday upheld an appeals ruling barring a North Carolina public charter school from requiring girls to wear skirts to school.
The judges declined to hear an appeal from Charter Day School in the eastern North Carolina town of Leland without comment. A federal appeals court had ruled that the school’s dress code violated students’ constitutional rights.
The school’s founder, Baker Mitchell, had said, according to court documents, that the dress code was intended to promote “chivalry” by the male students and respect for the female students.
The dress code has already been changed to allow girls to wear pants, in line with the lower court ruling.
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