AR HB1576

Establishes the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act to prohibit discrimination based on natural, protective, or cultural hairstyles in public schools and state-supported higher education institutions.

Defines "natural, protective, or cultural hairstyle" to include afros, dreadlocks, twists, locs, braids, cornrow braids, Bantu knots, curls, and hair styled to protect hair texture or for cultural significance.

Prohibits school district administrators, board members, teachers, and other employees from discriminating against students based on natural, protective, or cultural hairstyles.

Requires state-supported two-year and four-year institutions of higher education to prohibit discrimination against students based on natural, protective, or cultural hairstyles.

Amends the Arkansas Civil Rights Act of 1993 to include natural, protective, or cultural hairstyles within definitions of "because of national origin," "because of race," "ethnic animosity," and "racial animosity."