A judge ruled Thursday that the punishment faced by a Black high school student in Texas for refusing to change his hairstyle does not violate the state's CROWN Act, which prohibits race-based hair discrimination, according to ABC owned KTRK. Poole told ABC News in a statement in January that Barbers Hill dress code was not in violation of the CROWN Act which Texas enacted last September. "The CROWN Act was meant to allow braids, locs or twists, which the district has always allowed. MORE: A look at CROWN Act, which bans discrimination because of hairDarryl George's family filed a federal lawsuit in September against Abbott and the state's Attorney General Ken Paxton for allegedly not enforcing the state's CROWN Act. School punishment for Black student's hair is legal in CROWN Act lawsuit, judge rules originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News February 22, 2024 19:00 UTC