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"Texas laws that regulate businesses that teach African hair braiding
are unconstitutional and do not advance public health and safety or any
other legitimate government interest, a federal judge ruled.
Isis
Brantley, a Dallas woman who runs a hair braiding business inside a
Dallas community center, sued the state in 2013, saying laws related to
her school were unreasonable and unconstitutional.
State rules
required Brantley to convert her small business into a fully equipped
barber college, including having at least 10 student workstations that
include a chair that reclines and install a sink behind every two
workstations.
U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks in Austin ruled
Monday that the regulations excluded Brantley from the market "absent 'a
rational connection with ... fitness or capacity to engage in' hair
braiding instruction."
Sparks wrote that he found the various
rules requiring hair braiding schools to become fully equipped barber
colleges "irrational," citing as one example that licensed braiding
salons don't need sinks because washing hair is not involved in the
braiding process.
"I fought for my economic liberty because I
believe there is a lot of hope for young people who seek to earn an
honest living," Brantley said in a statement. "This decision means that I
will now be able to teach the next generation of African hair braiders
at my own school."
Susan Stanford, a spokeswoman for the Texas
Department of Licensing and Regulation, said in a statement that her
agency and Brantley had their day in court and her agency "respects
Judge Sparks' decision.""
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article5556873.html#storylink=cpy
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