NAACP: Saggy Pants Not A Priority

TALLAHASSE, Fla. (AP) - The leader of the fourth largest state
in the nation and the head of Florida's pre-eminent civil rights
organization met this week. The topic of conversation was ...
pants.
The NAACP says schools have bigger things to worry about than
whether kids' pants are pulled all the way up, which is the subject
of a bill moving through the Legislature. Governor Charlie Crist
apparently agrees, and sent signals this week that he might veto it
if it passes.
After a meeting with the president of the Florida National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Adora Obi Nweze,
Crist said he didn't think the government should be involved in
questions of style.
Under the bill (SB 302), schools would be required to notify the
parents of students caught wearing low-riding pants that expose
their underwear. A second or third offense would result in an
in-school suspension.
A fourth violation would bring a 10-day out-of-school
suspension.

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