The introduction of school uniforms for public schools into the national debate is not a new subject. Private schools and uniforms have a long history, but not until the 1980’s has the subject of uniforms in public schools increasingly became a subject of implementation.

President Clinton endorsed the use of uniforms during his State of the Union address in January of 1996. Support also came through a voice vote from the National Association of Secondary School Principals during their national conference in February, 1996.

As part of his efforts, the Department of Education distributed a manual to all of the nation's 16,000 school districts with suggestions on how to make school uniforms mandatory and reviews of several 'model' programs currently in place in our public schools, and since 1996 more than seven states have adopted uniform policies.