The Utah Legislature is considering a bill that would allow high school students to wear items of religious or cultural significance during graduation.
passed the Senate with a 25-4 vote, and House Education Committee voted unanimously Friday to recommend the bill. It will now advance to the House for a vote.
Madison L, a West High senior of Samoan descent, said she was "extremely angry" when she heard leis would be banned at her graduation. "We just wanted to wear our flags as first generation Iraq-American Muslims, but we have to go through a lot of hoops — each one being bigger and scarier than the last," Alsaadi said. "I don't want any other student in the state of Utah to have to protest and consider not walking at all in graduation instead of enjoying their senior year."
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