FILE:  GAMB

EMPLOYEE DRESS CODE

DRESS AND PERSONAL GROOMING

Employees on a daily basis shall dress as professionals, in businesslike attire in order to set a good example for co-employees, students and the general public.  Employee dress and grooming shall not detract from the learning/educational environment of students' participation in classes, school programs or other school-related activities.  Extremes in style and fit in employee dress and extremes in style of grooming shall not be permitted.  Administrators shall be authorized to use their discretion in determining extremes in styles of dress and grooming and what is appropriate and suitable for Orleans Parish School Board employees.  No employees shall wear, possess, use, distribute, display, or sell any clothing, jewelry, emblem, blade, symbols, sign, or other things which are affiliated with drugs, alcohol, violence, or gang-related activities.  Policies regarding dress and grooming stress the importance of reducing distractions that inhibit learning, and are addressed in an attempt to enhance the learning environment.

The School Board shall not discriminate against an employee on the basis of a natural, protective or cultural hairstyle.  Natural, protective, or cultural hairstyle shall include, but is not limited to, afros, dreadlocks, twists, locs, braids, cornrow braids, Bantu knots, curls, and hair styled to protect hair texture or for cultural significance.

EMPLOYEE DRESS CODE

The guidelines of the School Board shall be that no mode of attire shall be considered proper for school wear that distracts from or disrupts classroom and school decorum.  To maintain a proper image for teachers, it is the responsibility of principals to see that teachers are properly dressed.

Principals may make exceptions to the mode of dress in specific shop-type situations where deemed appropriate.  Any condition of grooming or dress judged by the principal to be inappropriate shall not be allowed.

All employees, whether required to wear a uniform or not, shall be required to wear valid assigned ID badges at all times.

UNIFORMS

Employees who are required to wear uniforms shall wear the complete uniform at all times while at work and the uniform must be worn appropriately and as intended.  Employees shall not wear uniforms during non-working hours or while not in the course and scope of their employment with the Orleans Parish School Board.  Safety shoes shall be required for all maintenance employees.

Revised:  November 17, 2022

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:81, 23:332

Board minutes, 11-17-22

Orleans Parish School Board