JICA
Dress Code for Students
School Rules
This document is designed to clarify expectations for student regarding appropriate dress while attending the Baileyville School Department.
Students are expected to wear clothing suitable to the learning environment. Students are encouraged to use sound judgment and reflect respect for themselves and others in their choice of clothing. In keeping with the goals of the school unit to provide a safe, healthy and non-discriminatory environment for educating students for maximum academic and social development, we ask that the following expectations be met. Individual teacher enforcement of expectations is to be respected by students.
Footwear must be appropriate for school. Only rubber soled shoes will be worn in the gymnasium.
Pajama /nightclothes, blankets and teddy bears are not appropriate for the school setting and are not to be worn/carried.
All clothing shall be in reasonable clean condition.
Midriff, back, behinds, cleavage and undergarments must be covered. (Undergarments are to covered at all times)
Excessively baggy clothing may not be worn.
Pocket chains and oversized neck chains and spiked accessories/jewlery may not be worn.
Skirts/shorts/dresses must be mid-thigh
Clothing will not display inappropriate logo, e.g., advertisements for tobacco or alcohol products, lewd or vulgar phrases, sexual innuendos, or defamatory remarks.
No clothing shall have any rips, tears, holes, etc. above the mid-thigh area.
All formal wear and dress clothes worn for school functions must be appropriate for the occasion and school setting.
Hats and other types of head coverings other than hoods that are non-distracting are permitted with the following exceptions: assemblies, guest speakers, the pledge of allegiance and other planned events
Consequences for Dress Code Violations
1st Offense: The student will be required to change clothing, turn inside out or call home for clothing.
2nd Offense: The student will be required to change clothing, turn inside out or call home for clothing. Parent will be called, and the student will serve a one-hour detention.
3rd Offense: The student will be required to change clothing, turn inside out or call home for clothing. The parent will be called, and the student will serve a 90-minute detention.
4th Offense: The student will be suspended for the day, and the parent will be notified.
Subsequent Offenses: Progressive discipline as necessary.
Adopted: October 9, 1996
Revised: August 2012/March 31, 2015, January 21, 2020; November 7, 2023; September 16, 2025
Reviewed: June 5, 2019