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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court of the United States today let stand a federal court decision holding that a North Carolina public charter school must respect its students鈥� constitutional rights and that the schools鈥� 鈥渟kirts only鈥� rule for girls violates civil rights laws.

In Peltier v. Charter Day School, parents and students at Charter Day School in Brunswick County, NC, challenged the 鈥渟kirts only鈥� rule for girls, which the school says it adopted based on the belief that every girl is a 鈥渇ragile vessel.鈥� The school argued that, as a public charter school, it should be free to violate students鈥� constitutional rights that other types of public schools must respect.

In June 2022, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the girls, concluding that North Carolina created its charter schools as a form of public school and that Charter Day School is a 鈥渟tate actor鈥� that must abide by the Constitution like other public schools. The court further found that the 鈥渟kirts only鈥� rule for girls violated their right to be free from sex discrimination, writing: 鈥淣othing in the Equal Protection Clause prevents public schools from teaching universal values of respect and kindness, but those values are never advanced by the discriminatory treatment of girls in a public school.鈥�

The Supreme Court鈥檚 decision today rejecting the school鈥檚 appeal lets the Fourth Circuit鈥檚 decision stand.

鈥淭oday鈥檚 announcement is a victory for the thousands of students who attend public charter schools in North Carolina and for the 3.6 million students like them nationwide,鈥� said Ria Tabacco Mar, Director of the 老澳门开奖结果 Women鈥檚 Rights Project. 鈥淕irls at public charter schools have the same constitutional rights as their peers at other public schools 鈥� including the freedom to wear pants. We will continue to fight for all girls to learn in safe and equal schools.鈥�

鈥淣orth Carolina has chosen to meet its constitutional duty to provide a sound basic education to all kids by creating a public school system that includes publicly-funded charter schools,鈥� said Kristi Graunke, Legal Director of the 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina Legal Foundation. 鈥淭he Court鈥檚 decision ensures publicly funded charter schools are not above the law.鈥�

Separately, the school had argued that Title IX, the law prohibiting gender discrimination in schools that receive federal funding, does not apply to student dress codes. The Fourth Circuit recognized that Title IX applies to discrimination in student dress codes and sent the case back to the district court to assess whether the law was violated in this case. The Supreme Court鈥檚 announcement today that it will not hear the appeal paves the way for the Title IX case to proceed in the district court.

Girls at Charter Day School (now called Classical Charter Schools of Leland) and their parents challenged the skirts requirement in 2016 as sex discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution and Title IX. They are represented by the 老澳门开奖结果 Women鈥檚 Rights Project, the 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina Legal Foundation, and the law firm Ellis & Winters LLP.

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