by Emily Martin.

From Georgia to Connecticut to Arizona, schools all over the country are enforcing new, stricter guidelines for what students will be allowed to wear to Prom. Schools such as Southmoore High School in Oklahoma decided to show, rather than tell, students what is not acceptable, showcasing pictures of girls wearing dresses with bodice cutouts.

New guidelines include prohibition of plunging necklines, hiked-up hems, low-slung backs, thigh-high slits and midriff-bearing cutouts.

At Lee County High’s Prom in Leesburg, Ga., administrators will be waiting for students at the door with a 3-inch ruler to measure hemlines. To deal with any “metroplex” problem, students will be asked to place their index finger on one side of the collarbone and thumb on the other and if any skin shows beneath the hand, the dress is decidedly too low-cut.

So what do these intense new policies mean for Bryant? According to assistant principal Rachel Rasburry, the new rules and standards will not apply to the prom April 28 at the Statehouse Convention Center.

“Well, frankly, we’ve never really had a problem,” Rasburry said. “It really hasn’t been an issue; people wear tasteful prom dresses.”

Rasburry said nothing has been brought to the attention of administration from the prom committee as of yet and hopefully nothing will.