be like asking her to go to work in her underwear. >> reporter: she is one of many muslim teachers, fighting to repeal the state law that keeps them from wearing religious garb in the classroom. >> it does not interfere with my daily work. i am a trained professional. i know where my limits are. i know very well where my limits are. >> reporter: the 1923 law was passed when a ku klux klan leader was a speaker of the house. the current speaker held up his picture saying what law makers did then was unconstitutional. >> to send a strong message that the speaker and the kkk members of that era were wrong. >> does not open the door that every religion gets to wear everything they want. >> reporter: the labor commissioner says school districts will have the power to complain to his office when they believe a teacher's outfit is disrupting the "neutrality" of the classroom. >> a small cross may not.