In Littlefield, the plaintiff challenged the constitutionality of the school’s mandatory school uniform policy, which was promulgated after “observ[ing] the successful implementation of uniform policies employed in other Texas school districts.” Littlefield, 268 F.3d at 279. The court held that the school district’s desire to improve the education process by “improv[ing] student performance, instill[ing] self-confidence, foster[ing] self-esteem… and lower[ing] drop-out rates” were important and substantial interests as to satisfy the first prong of the Canady test. Id. at 286. Similarly, in Palmer, a dress code was implemented, after analyzing forty other school dress codes, that prohibited clothing with messages or symbols, except ones approved
