Teen growing his hair for sick sister withdraws from Texas school when told to get haircut

[TexasTowelie]

31. There are two school districts that are each about 7 miles away.

Poth to Floresville (a larger school district)
Poth to Falls City (a smaller school district)

Poth to Karnes City (a similar size school district is 17 miles away)
Poth to Stockdale (a similar size school district is 19 miles away)
Poth to Pleasanton (a larger school district is 29 miles away)

There aren't many requirement to be met to homeschool a student:
https://thsc.org/how-to-homeschool/

One of my friends homeschooled back in the 1990s for his last two years of high school. Neither of his parents had a college degree--I don't know if they even attended college. They didn't provide much guidance to him and they definitely did not have the educational background to instruct him in foreign language, English, science, history, or math classes.

If the student was refusing to cut his hair because of a religious reason, cultural bias, or gender bias, then I would be more inclined to support that student. In this case, the reason stated is that he was growing his hair in case his sister may need a wig because of chemotherapy. Guess what, if the hair loss causes her anxiety then she going to want a wig so why does it matter who the hair donor is?

As for your question, there are no requirements that female students have their hair at a certain length at any school that I'm aware of so I don't see why we should discuss a hypothetical situation. As far as I know, both male and female students can be completely bald or have extremely short hair styles.

Most of the requirements that I'm aware of in Texas schools are that "unnatural" hair colors are not permitted, but students are permitted to have either bleached hair or hair that is dyed black. I did know one girl in high school with hair that looked pink in direct sunlight, but that was because she dyed her hair repeatedly within a short period of time and one of the dye jobs was botched so she had to have her hair bleached to return it from green to a somewhat normal color. If she continued to dye her hair then she would have gone bald because of all of the chemical treatments.

The student can file a lawsuit, but it seems like that would only add drama while his family already has enough problems with his sister's medical condition. The school district does have a responsibility to provide him with an education, but that can be satisfied with alternative education classes off campus or transporting him to one of the neighboring districts since they are in close proximity. It seems like that there are plenty of options available to the student. The school district may also be thinking the student might be ostracized by his classmates so they are protecting his safety by enforcing the rules.