All DeLay Middle School students must wear the following uniform:

• Khaki color pants, shorts, skirt, or Capri pants;

• *White or maroon polo shirt.
• White button down shirt-short or long;
• *Belt.

The following uniform guidelines apply to all students:

• Shorts or skirts are considered appropriate in length if they reach the fingertips when shoulders are relaxed and arms are held straight at the student's side.  In the case of a skirt with a slit in the side, the length will be measured from the highest point of the slit rather than the actual hem of the skirt.
• All shirt tails must be tucked in to pants or skirt;
• Only white undershirts may be won under polo shirts;
Pants may not be baggy, cutoff, split, or have frayed pant legs and they must be worn at the natural waist;
• A belt must be worn;
• Clothing may not be oversized;
• A solid color white, gray, maroon, or tan sweater or sweatshirt may be worn over uniform shirts; <
• Clothing may not have logos of any sort.  IN addition to manufacturer or designer logos, students may not wear clothing that advertises by name or symbol and products that are not permitted in schools, including but not limited to: drugs, profanity, alcohol, obscenities, tobacco, suggestive slogans, depictions of violence or gang activity.
• Shoes and socks must be worn each day; (sandals are acceptable if they have a back strap;)
• Outside jackets or hooded sweatshirts with large pockets may not be worn during the school day;

1. Students new to the school will be permitted to have a five (5) school days grace period within which the time the school uniform or exemption* must be acquired.  During the grace period a student must wear properly fitting blue jeans and a shirt with a collar.
2. Any clothing that complies with the uniform guidelines is acceptable and may be purchased from any vendor.  The uniform choices have been selected to take advantage of popular clothing students may already own.  The uniform decision was based on clothing options available at Target, Sears, J.C. Penny, and Zemsky's.
3. For spirit days, the only thing that changes in the dress code is shirt.  The rest of the dress code is the same.  Students are allowed to wear t-shirts that represent an organization, has to do with the elementary schools that go into DeLay, Lewisville High School and LHS North, or a plain maroon or white t-shirts.

All clothing and other accessories must conform to LISD dress code policy.  For clarification purposes, the following guidelines are provided to secondary students.

• All students must be clean and neatly groomed.
• Student's hair, by the nature of the style, shall not tend to create a distraction
• Students may not wear facial jewelry or facial decoration other than normal, natural color make-up. Tongue rings, facial tattoos, and/or glitter make-up is considered inappropriate.
• Male students may wear either one small stud or one small loop earring in one or both ears.
• All students shall wear appropriate undergarments. Undergarments are not to be visible at any time, therefore any type of see-through clothing would be considered inappropriate. T-shirts under the polo shirts are only allowed to be white.
• Male or female students may not wear hats, sweatbands, bandannas, hair rollers or curlers, or other hair grooming items in the school building.
• The administration reserves the right to determine inappropriate any dress that is disruptive to the school environment.
• The principal has the authority to allow all or part of the student body to vary from the uniform and to establish a particular mode of attire for special occasion days or for particular school-sponsored or school related activities. On these days student dress must comply with the guidelines established by the school district's dress code.

LISD Exemption Guidelines:

"A parent or guardian of a student assigned to a school where uniforms are required may choose for the student to be exempt. In order to exercise this option, the parent or guardian must provide a written statement that states religious or philosophical objection to the uniform requirement that the campus principal determines is bona fide {see FNCA (Legal) in board policy.} If the principal grants the exemption, the principal will provide options to the parent or guardian." Exemption forms may be acquired in the school office during regular business hours.

Non Compliance:

These procedures will be followed for a student who arrives at school out of compliance with the uniform dress code guidelines, and has not received a letter of exemption.< The student will be sent to the office to meet with the appropriate Assistant Principal:

On the first offense, the parents/guardians will be contacted and given the opportunity to deliver school uniform clothing to the student.  In the absence of the uniform clothing, the student will be escorted to the P.A.S.S. room for the remainder of the school day.

On the second offense, the parents/guardian will be contacted and given the opportunity to deliver the school uniform to the student and conference with the Assistant Principal.  In addition to the dressing in the required uniform, the student will be assigned three (3) days in the P.A.S.S. room for the insubordination.

Any further offenses will result in more serious consequences ranging from additional assignment to P.A.S.S. to placement at the District's Alternative Education Program.

Financial support plan:

Arrangements have been made with the CCA for families in need of financial assistance.  Families must qualify under the terms established under the CCA for financial assistance.  In the event a family does qualify, CCA will provide the uniform in accordance with the school's guidelines.  The PTA has pledged limited support also.  CCA application forms are available in the school office and in the Communities in Schools office at DeLay.