A Black Texas high school student, whom his school has repeatedly disciplined over the length of his locs hairstyle, was suspended again by his school on Tuesday, December 5, according to the New York Times. Darryl George, 18, had just returned to regular classes on Tuesday after spending 30 days at an alternative school.
George was sent to the off-campus disciplinary program for violating the school district's free and grooming policy and other infractions. He was suspended again after briefly attending class at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, roughly 30 miles east of Houston.
A spokeswoman for George's family told the New York Times he was told he violated the school dress code policy for not cutting his hair and referred to in-school suspension again. School officials said a male student's hair can't "extend, at any time, below the eyebrows or the earlobes." George pins his locs on his head in a barrel roll, which does not extend below the eyebrows or the earlobes when pinned, the New York Times reported.
George already has spent more than 80 percent of his junior year outside of his regular classroom. He was placed in a cubicle away from the classroom in August and then transferred to a disciplinary school in October.
His family argues the punishment violates the CROWN Act, which became law in Texas in September and is intended to prohibit race-based hair discrimination. The school says the CROWN Act does not address hair length.
The family was working with state lawmakers to amend the law so that it explicitly deals with the question of hair length, according to the New York Times.
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