Dress and Grooming

The college campus marks the appropriate boundary where the public institution can no longer assert that the regulation of student grooming is reasonably related to the fostering or encouragement of education.

In the absence of a showing that unusual conditions exist, the regulation of the length or style of a college student's hair is irrelevant to any legitimate institutional administrative interests.

Lansdale v. Tyler Junior College, 470 F.2d 659 (5th Cir. 1972) (en banc)

Hair Texture or Style

Any student dress or grooming policy adopted by an institution of higher education, including a student dress or grooming policy for any extracurricular activity, may not discriminate against a hair texture or protective hairstyle commonly or historically associated with race. "Protective hairstyle" includes braids, locks, and twists. Education Code 51.979