The boy's mother was allegedly told that there were "no exemptions for the hair policy," according to the legal advocacy group Brian Brant is an Associate Editor, Human Interest at PEOPLE.

An 8-year-old Native American boy in Kansas was forced to cut his hair to comply with his elementary school’s hair policy, according to the Kansas American Civil Liberties Union, which called ...

The American Civil Liberties Union condemned a southeast Kansas school district Friday for forcing an 8-year-old Native American boy to cut his long hair despite long hair being integral to his ...

A school district in Kansas has changed its hair policy after the state’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said an 8-year-old Native American boy was forced to cut his hair to ...

But the email warned that if he did not cut his hair, he would be sent home from school, according to a new letter from the American Civil Liberties Union. Before the next school day, the boy ...

Ray's mother, Alisa, said she came across an article two years ago about a 7-year-old boy who had grown his hair out to donate to Wigs for Kids. She said Ray asked if he could do the same.

The school enforces strict rules regarding hairstyles that children must abide by. The boy wears his hair in a “neat topknot style” and his parents were told he would be sent home and not ...