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This bill amends Kentucky state law to expand protections against racial discrimination by adding new definitions and anti-discrimination provisions. Specifically, the bill defines "protective hairstyles" to include braids, locks, and twists, and broadens the definition of "race" to include traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles. The legislation requires school districts to update their disciplinary codes to explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, ensuring that students cannot be disciplined or treated differently because of their natural hair or hairstyles traditionally associated with racial identity. The bill is named the C.R.O.W.N. Act (Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural hair), which aims to address long-standing discriminatory practices that have penalized or stigmatized Black individuals for their natural hair and cultural hairstyles. By codifying these definitions and anti-discrimination provisions into state law, the bill seeks to protect individuals from racial bias in educational settings and other contexts, recognizing that hair is an integral part of racial and cultural identity.

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https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb125.html