Trial to determine whether Barbers Hill ISD violated CROWN Act begins Thursday | Houston Public Media

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Bias Score Analysis

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-36% Negative

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"I hope I can start being a kid again, start living my life, start playing football again, and enjoy my year, my last few years in high school, he said."
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"Texas is one of the 24 states in the U.S. to pass its version of the CROWN Act."
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18% Conservative
"The school district has said George is in violation of its hair-length policy for boys, while the co-authors of the CROWN Act -- passed last year by Texas lawmakers -- have said the law prohibiting race-based hair discrimination was intended to protect students such as George."
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-4% Liberal
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : "I hope I can start being a kid again, start living my life, start playing football again, and enjoy my year, my last few years in high school," he said.
59% : Texas is one of the 24 states in the U.S. to pass its version of the CROWN Act.
48% : The school district has said George is in violation of its hair-length policy for boys, while the co-authors of the CROWN Act -- passed last year by Texas lawmakers -- have said the law prohibiting race-based hair discrimination was intended to protect students such as George.
45% : He and his family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Texas governor and attorney general that stated they failed to enforce the new law outlawing discrimination based on hairstyles.Barbers Hill ISD also filed a lawsuit in the fall, in a state district court in Chambers County, asking a judge to clarify the CROWN Act as it pertains to the school's hair-length policy for boys.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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