The plan expands the current state law that prohibits public and private schools from banning hairstyles associated with race, ethnicity, or hair texture.

This plan expands current state law that bans public and private schools from prohibiting hairstyles associated with race, ethnicity or hair texture.

This plan is an expansion of the current state law that bans public and private schools from prohibiting hairstyles associated with race, ethnicity or hair texture. 

Sen. Mike Simmons (D-Chicago) said rabbis asked him to file the plan to protect Orthodox Jewish students who have beards.