"If teachers have it, why not parents": Tennessee Rep explains school dress code for parents
News from the state of Tennessee caught national attention last month when a Democratic State Rep. Antonio Parkinson, proposed a new bill allowing school districts to formulate a dress code for parents and visitors.
The proposed bill drew widespread criticism, with many slamming the legislation as classist, biased against low-income group parents and deemed it altogether unnecessary.
The lawmaker from the Memphis area talked to MEA Worldwide (MEAWW) in an attempt to clarify why his proposed legislation is essential and what it is exactly about — a code of conduct among school districts in the state.
"The legislation is not a parental dress code as stated by the media. It's simply a code of conduct so people know what to expect when they come onto the campus. Students and teachers already have to abide by the code of conduct and in some cases, they have a dress code too," Parkinson told MEAWW.