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HAIlE
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Ths subject of a student's haircut...or lack of
it is in the news taikght.again.
Th s t co;r:Ysioner of educ tion, J.W. Ed ar
says
aidtadaX that local school boards should stop
worrying about hair l 1nght and fashions and get on
with the business of education.
Edgar however upheld the firing of a high school
teacher near Lubbock for refusing to comply with
a dress and grooming code.
Under Texas Law, the school board was within its
rights to limit the length of a teachers hair, andSLIDEf EDGAR
NOODY: LIVE
fire any teacher who did not comply.
Edgar aid emphaszie however that as long as a
stu eu . is clt an d noot, education should be the
first priority for the local school district.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Hair], script, January 22, 1972, 10:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1515895/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.