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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Meredith Hagger, principal solicitor with Youth Law Australia, says in Queensland the education department's policy dictates that schools must have strategies in place to help families afford uniforms.

"That can include cost reduction, financial support, payment plans, or more time to buy school uniforms," she says.

"If you've got a uniform that restricts your movement and you're a primary schooler, then you can't turn cartwheels and do all those normal things that kids do to let off steam at break [time].

Private schools can be about as strict as they like when it comes to uniforms and dress codes, provided they don't breach laws that prohibit discrimination against people because of their gender, race, culture, or sexuality.

Ms Hagger says such policies and dress codes must meet strict guidelines set by the state's education department and there are limits to how they are enforced.

"And as a student, you can't be given a consequence that damages your academic or career prospects for breaching the dress code."


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