"The CROWN Act will become a federal challenge. And I expect the Congress will join me in targeting Texas, as a state that tried to do the right thing, but that was rejected by a single state district court judge,” Sheila Jackson Lee said at a press conference.
A Houston-area judge ruled Thursday that Barbers Hill ISD's policy restricting hair length for boys, which it has used to continually punish 18-year-old Black student Darryl George, is not a violation of the CROWN Act, a new state law protecting students and employees at state-funded institutions from race-based hair discrimination.
A Houston-area judge will hear arguments about whether Barbers Hill ISD is violating the rights of 18-year-old Black student Darryl George by punishing him because of his hair. The CROWN Act, passed last year by Texas lawmakers, prohibits race-based hair discrimination.