Fort Worth Independent School District - School Uniforms

School Uniforms

Fort Worth ISD approved mandatory school uniforms, referred to as "standards of dress," for all schools in grades K-8 for the 2006-2007 school year. The new policy mandates collared blue or white and tucked-in shirts and disallows baggy pants and revealing tops, though even before uniform rules of baggy pants and revealing tops were already in place. High school students are not required to wear uniforms, but may not wear T-shirts as outer clothing.

The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections. But despite that law many opt outs were rejected and the district was sued but won, this opt out is required by Texas state law, but many were ignored