Can your school tell you what to wear?

Rear view of large group of students raising their hands to answer the question on a class at elementary school. (Getty Images)

School dress codes can be harmful to LGBTQ students and students of color, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress. These codes can lead school officials to punish these two groups for simply who they are or for expressing themselves.

However, it has long been held by the Supreme Court that students do not "shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate," as a 1969 ruling put it. But that's not carte blanche for students to go wild and wear just anything.