Alaska Statutes.
Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums
Chapter 3. Public Schools Generally
Section 135. Dress Code; Natural Hairstyles.
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AS 14.03.135. Dress Code; Natural Hairstyles.

   (a) A governing body may not adopt a school dress code that
        (1) prohibits a student from wearing a hairstyle that is associated with race;
        (2) prohibits a student from wearing a natural hairstyle, regardless of the student's hair texture or type; in this paragraph, “natural hairstyle” includes braids, locs, twists, tight coils, afros, cornrows, and bantu knots;
        (3) requires a student to permanently or semipermanently alter the student's natural hair; or
        (4) prohibits a student from wearing traditional tribal regalia or objects of cultural significance at a graduation ceremony.
   (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a governing body may adopt a school dress code that restricts student hairstyles if the restriction is necessary to comply with a health or safety law, regulation, or ordinance.

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