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A low blow

BoardBuzz loves a good chuckle and this one out of Florida really got us giggling. The Ledger (Lakeland) reports that a committee in the Florida legislature has okayed a ban on droopy pants, which will move the legislation forward to the Senate floor. We're all for a little modesty, but is this what it's come to? According to the article, "Youths who let their drawers droop to expose underwear, G-strings or worse at school would be get a verbal warning after a first offense but face suspension if they keep doing it under a measure that cleared a Senate committee Wednesday." The article goes on to say, "The Prekindergarten-12th Grade Education Committee unanimously approved Sen. Gary Siplin's "pull up your britches" bill (SB 302). It next will go to the Senate floor after the Legislature convenes its regular annual session in March." Previous measures have failed, including a provision that "would have jailed repeat offenders." If that's not an argument for elastic wastebands and belts, we don't know what is. For more BoardBuzz coverage on a similar story, click here.

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on January 10, 2008 (boomark / email).