School Uniform

School Uniform

Introduction

School Uniforms have become very famous in both private and public schools. School management favors uniform policies because uniform help maintain school discipline. Usually uniform policy is implemented in private schools only but now things are changing more and more public schools are also incorporating policies for school uniforms. School uniform mostly includes skirts, skorts, shorts, sweaters pants, collared shirts and polo shirts. School uniform is beneficial for parents as it saves time and mornings go smoothly and most importantly school uniform removes class, and economic differences between students (Evans, 2011). The debate on whether or not to impose school uniforms to children comes from afar. The reasons for and against are many. The uniform is often associated with an identity. The purpose of this paper is to identify existing law and policy regarding school uniform in New Jersey.

Discussion

Law and Policies

Accruing to school uniform law in New Jersey public school has the right to strictly implement uniform code policy. A provision in the school uniform law states that a method can be provided by school board where as it depends on parents whether to comply with code of uniform policy. According to the law school uniform law in New Jersey, principal, parents of individual school, and staff should request for the dress code policy. It is also required by the law that school should give send three month prior notice to parents regarding implementation of school uniform code (Elaine, 2008).

Though uniform policies are typically seen in private schools, more and more variations of dress code policies are cropping up in public school districts across the country, many schools in New Jersey considering adopting a uniform policy in its pre-k through eighth grade school. New Jersey statistics are virtually non-existent and because the state has a "home-rule state," many discussion items, such as uniforms are "left to the school districts to form their own policies around,"

Mike Yaple, press officer of the New Jersey School Boards Association, said no formal research has been done in New Jersey, however, "in 2010, a national report concluded that about 17.5 percent of schools nationally have uniforms, which was an approximate 12 percent increase from 1999. Superintendents from that survey were asked if they had strict dress codes and half of those surveyed said they did, but again, didn't specify what 'strict' entailed." Our sense is that New Jersey isn't that high in terms ...