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Arguments will be heard Feb. 22 about whether the Houston-area school district is violating a new Texas law that prohibits race-based hair discrimination. Darryl George, an 18-year-old Barbers Hill High School student, has faced disciplinary actions all school year because he wears his hair in dreadlocks and is allegedly violating the district's hair-length policy for male students.

Darryl George, an 18-year-old Black student at Barbers Hill High School, has faced disciplinary action all school year because he wears dreadlocks and has refused to cut them. The school district claims its issue is with George's hair length and not his hairstyle, the latter of which is protected by a new Texas law.

Darryl George has already spent more than 80% of his junior year outside of his regular classroom, and was first cited in August

Darryl George, 18, has been suspended from a Texas high school for a third time after refusing to cut his hair

A Texas school suspended a teen for refusing to cut his hair. His family has now filed a civil rights lawsuit against state officials.

Attorney Allie Booker says the Barbers Hill School District in Texas is punishing Darryl George, who refused to cut his locs, for his federal lawsuit.

Darryl George, will be sent to an alternative school through November 29 for "failure to comply" with campus and classroom regulations including the dress and grooming policy, according to the school.

By Cheyanne Mumphrey | The Associated Press - Darryl George, an 18-year-old student at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas, was sent to an alternative school program for "failure to comply" with multiple campus and classroom regulations and will be allowed to return to regular classroom instruction on Nov. 30.

A Black student who spent more than a month on in-school suspension over his dreadlocks has been told he will be removed from his Texas high school and sent to a disciplinary alternative education program on Thursday.

Darryl George has been told he will be removed from his Texas high school and sent to a disciplinary alternative education program.