Student Dress Code
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BLINN COLLEGE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS MANUAL
Effective Date - June 7, 1989; amended May 22, 2007, and May 12, 2022
- Board Policy Reference
- FLBA
Purpose
Blinn College District students are expected to dress following generally accepted community standards of neatness, cleanliness, modesty, and good taste.
Guidelines
- Students are required to wear shoes in all buildings other than residence halls and campus apartments.
- Elasticized, form-fitting, athletic-type apparel is not acceptable in classrooms, labs, library, or dining hall.
- Outer garments should cover underwear garments.
- Apparel with suggestive or obscene writing and/or indecent graphics may not be worn in any public area of the campus, including but not limited to:
- Classrooms
- Labs
- Library
- Dining hall
- Student center
- Athletic fields and stadiums
- Residence halls day rooms
- Tank tops are not permitted in the dining hall.
The right and responsibility to determine the appropriateness of a student's dress lies with the classroom instructor, or when the student is outside the classroom, with the immediate supervisor of the building or grounds the student is utilizing.
An instructor may require specific, appropriate dress when students are to give classroom presentations, speeches of any type, or when representing the College outside the classroom.
If an instructor or supervisor informs a student that their clothing is not appropriate, the student must leave the classroom or facility until they change the clothing or agree not to wear such clothing again, as directed by the instructor or supervisor.
Students may appeal any decision or directive relative to dress in accordance with the appeals process established by Board Policy FLD (LOCAL) on student complaints or Board Policy FMA (LOCAL) on disciplinary appeals (if a disciplinary penalty has been imposed).