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After months of debate and a federal court case, Johnston County school officials have agreed to allow a Clayton High School student to wear a nose stud, despite a dress-code policy that prohibits facial jewelry.
Ariana Iacono, a freshman at Clayton, was suspended four times this school year for refusing to remove her small nose stud. She said she should be exempt from the dress code because she is a member of the Church of Body Modification, a little-known group that encourages piercings and tattoos as a path to spiritual enlightenment.
Johnston County Schools and the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, which took the case, reached a court settlement Monday, ending an eight-month battle.
According to the N&O, the county school board is now considering a change to its dress code to permit nose piercings:
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The Johnston County school board is considering a policy change that would allow students to wear nose rings and other facial jewelry.
A proposed new dress code says students could wear facial jewelry unless it "would constitute a threat to the health or safety of the student or other students."
The current dress code takes a harder stance: It says students cannot wear jewelry on the nose, tongue, lips, cheek or eyebrow.
Eventually policy catches up to legal precedent. Some districts adjust policy without being challenged others have to go another path. Problem is being challenged and losing can encourage others to believe other policies might be flawed and worthy of a challenge which can get expensive.
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