(a) The Virgin Islands Department of Education, Virgin Islands Board of Education, a school district, college, university or school administrator may not create a dress code or policy that prohibits protective hairstyles from being worn in the school during school hours or school events; nor may a student be expelled or in any manner disciplined on the basis of a protective hairstyle worn by the student.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term, “protective hairstyle” includes but is not limited to such hairstyles as braids, locks, twists, cornrows, Bantu knots, afros and other styles in which the hair is tightly coiled or tightly curled.