[quote]LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - Arkansas students who love their sagging pants should soon leave them at home.
Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe signed a bill on Wednesday that bans students from wearing clothing that exposes "underwear, buttocks or the breast of a female."
Arkansas educators have long complained about the drooping attire, such as young men wearing saggy jeans that expose the top of colorful boxer shorts.
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"We feel the bill can improve the learning environment in schools," said Donna Morey, president of the Arkansas Education Association.
One concern of the General Assembly was that "student competition over the manner in which clothing is worn could lead to violence and injuries during school hours," according to the legislation. Lawmakers also said that students should learn to dress in a way that is acceptable in the workplace as they prepare to enter it.
The new law does not outline how school districts will punish students who wear such clothing.
"School boards will have to look at existing school dress code policies and make sure they are in compliance with this new law," said Kristen Gould, staff attorney for the Arkansas School Boards Association, a non-profit. "Many of them may well be, and if not, they will have to incorporate it into their current policy and design punishment in accordance."
Josh Cunningham, a research analyst at the National Conference of State Legislatures, said that he was unaware of any other state with a ban of baggy pants in schools, although some cities have been successful in enacting such laws.
Florida is considering a bill similar to the Arkansas law. In that state, the NAACP has denounced the bill and said it unfairly targets black males.
In Arkansas, the bill had little public opposition, although several legislators voted against it.
"Individual expression is important to young people and dress is an especially strong statement of expression, and I don't think legislators should meddle with that," said Sue Madison, a Democratic state senator from Fayetteville, Ark.[/quote]
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Now I'm for covering up male asses. But they took away our breasts :argh:
[quote]student competition over the manner in which clothing is worn could lead to violence and injuries[/quote]
:what:
"bans students from wearing clothing that exposes "underwear, buttocks or the breast of a female.""
so if your a male you can't wear pants that sag enough to expose the breast of a female?
that's how I interpreted that.
Hey atleast you don't have uniforms :smith:
Anyone who wears their pants below the ass is already a moron in my book.
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[QUOTE=redBadger;28976167]Anyone who wears their pants below the ass is already a moron in my book.
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You have very strong opinions about fashion to the point of angst.
The emos at my school sag their pants and wear belts. :frog:
[QUOTE=ThatHippyMan;28976189]You have very strong opinions about fashion to the point of angst.[/QUOTE]
It's just my personal taste which is solely based on my formalities.
[QUOTE=redBadger;28976220]It's just my personal taste which is solely based on my formalities.[/QUOTE]
Personal taste =! Angst.
I hate it when people wear sandals with socks. I'm not going to proclaim on the rooftops that they're morons.
[quote]the breast of a female[/quote]
Meet Unibreast!
[QUOTE=redBadger;28976167]Anyone who wears their pants below the ass is already a moron in my book.
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You're such a joke, your opinion on fashion is hating anything that is popular.
Oh yeah and this is a bad bill, kids can't wear what they like and you guys support it because you're angsty and biased to the point of ignoring personal freedoms as long as it hurts people you dislike
Ninja'd
About time. Last thing I want to see is your ass hanging out of your pants... kind of defeats the purpose of pants in the first place... and makes you look like a retard who doesn't know what belts are for. Have some self-respect and common decency, people. For fucks sake.
Really? A bill bans cleavage and the thing people worry about is sagging pants?
REALLY?
Gah!
[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;28976366]About time. Last thing I want to see is your ass hanging out of your pants... kind of defeats the purpose... and makes you look like a retard who doesn't know what belts are for. Have some self-respect and common decency, people. For fucks sake.[/QUOTE]
You can legislate neither self-respect nor "common decency"
[QUOTE=FlubberNugget;28976132]Hey atleast you don't have uniforms :smith:[/QUOTE]
Yeah we do. It's just not as strict as some other places.
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;28976342]Oh yeah and this is a bad bill, kids can't wear what they like and you guys support it because you're angsty and biased to the point of ignoring personal freedoms as long as it hurts people you dislike[/QUOTE]
fuck off
theres no good reason to wear your pants below ur ass
[QUOTE=gerbile5;28976390]fuck off
theres no good reason to wear your pants below ur ass[/QUOTE]
There is no good reason to ban it either. It does not encroach on your freedoms nor does it put anyone in any form of danger.
Passing a state level law restricting it is fucking ridiculous. They have better things to do.
[QUOTE=gerbile5;28976390]fuck off
theres no good reason to wear your pants below ur ass[/QUOTE]
Neither is there a good reason to use words like "ur." Just because there is no reason doesn't mean it should be banned.
[QUOTE=ThatHippyMan;28976378]You [b]can[/b] legislate neither self-respect nor "common decency"[/QUOTE]
Yep. You're right. It's really easy with schoolkids, too.
[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;28976429]Yep. You're right. It's really easy with schoolkids, too.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=ThatHippyMan;28976378]You can legislate [b]neither[/b] self-respect nor "common decency"[/QUOTE]
Oh bad reading rating, where did you go?
[QUOTE=ThatHippyMan;28976416]Neither is there a good reason to use words like "ur." Just because there is no reason doesn't mean it should be banned.[/QUOTE]
wah wah wah
if they made it illegal all together. but when your in school you should show some class and wear pants at a reasonable level.
[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;28976191]The emos at my school sag their pants and wear belts. :frog:[/QUOTE]
If you can't trust your own belt who can you trust.
[QUOTE=gerbile5;28976460]wah wah wah
if they made it illegal all together. but when [b]your[/b] in school you should show some class and wear pants at a reasonable level.[/QUOTE]
Fortunately, I do not own a school.
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I'll leave this here
get rid of the pant-down thing, sure, but the cleavage? WHY!?!?!?!!?!??!?
hah whatever
if i was in arkansas i'd wear saggy pants err day
what's the worse they can do
stupid shit designed to make people feel better about themselves, while continuing to pretend that the solution to the horrible education system in america isn't just tearing it down and starting over
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