Therefore, the Board of School Trustees, the Clark County Association of School Administrators, the Clark County Education Association, and the Educational Support Employees Association join together to endorse the following standards for appropriate attire for employees of the Clark County School District.

Appropriate Attire

Employees are expected to dress in a manner that projects a positive and professional image for the employee, the school, and the district.

The following are not considered to be “Appropriate Attire”:

For men: Jeans with tears or ragged edges, shorts, tank tops, muscle shirts, sweatshirts, or warm-ups, collarless t-shirts, spandex/lycra as an outer garment or similar tight outfits.

For women: Jeans with tears, or ragged edges, shorts or skirts more than four inches above the knee, provocative shirts, tank or crop tops, muscle shirts, sweat suits, warm-ups, spandex/lycra as an outer garment or similar tight outfits.

Slippers, house shoes, work boots, thongs, and other similar foot apparel.  Footwear must cover the toes otherwise socks/nylons must be worn.

Grooming

All employees are expected to exemplify grooming standards in a manner that projects an appropriate image for the employee, the school, and the district.

Employees shall keep the hair neatly groomed. Beards and mustaches shall be neatly groomed;

1. Employees shall not wear facial jewelry, excluding earrings; and

2. Employees shall not wear on the outside of their clothing jewelry or similar artifacts that may be considered obscene or distracting, may cause disruptions, or which may present a safety hazard to the employee and those with whom they work. Hats are not to be worn inside the work site building.

Exceptions

Facilities maintenance personnel may wear protective boots and hats while working in district facilities. In addition, the following exceptions may be designated for special events or circumstances only, as approved by the principal or designated site administrator:

1. Shorts (no more than four inches above the knee) and costumes (in good taste and not revealing nor provocative); and

2. Attire appropriate to a special work or instructional assignment such as, but not limited to, facilities or maintenance assignments, and physical education and vocational classes.

It is emphasized that the Board of School Trustees, CCASA, CCEA, and ESEA believe that appropriate attire and grooming are important to all of us as professionals.  Therefore, it is a joint expectation that all employees will comply with the standards discussed above.

Regulation 4280, Dress and Grooming:  All Employees, gives the responsibility to site administrators to ensure that minimum standards of dress are followed.  The regulation is specific as to what is not considered proper attire.  However, the regulation is not specific when describing what is proper attire and relies on generalities such as, “within the limits of generally accepted community and professional standards,” and “professional image.”  The following guidelines are intended to address these generalities:

Given that schools are professional workplaces, administrators, teachers, and office staff are strongly encouraged to dress within the limits of generally accepted professional standards.  This is interpreted to mean business and business casual attire as opposed to casual and recreational attire in the workplace.  As part of their opening of school activities, principals and staffs are encouraged to discuss school attire and come to consensus as to what constitutes business, business casual, casual and recreational attire.  It is understood that some responsibilities at school and special school events may require exceptions to business and business casual attire.

These guidelines are part of an effort to encourage development for a professional image, and to reinforce the high regard parents have for the teachers.