A California school district is making headlines for its dress code policy — but for once, it's not about shaming female students for 'distracting' the boys.

The Alameda Unified School District, just east of San Francisco, introduced a brand new dress code for the 2018-2019 academic year, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Rather than include a long list of items that students can't wear to class, the new rules promise a 'no-shame' policy that promotes positive self-image — and puts everything from crop tops to spaghetti straps back on the table

Progress: The Alameda Unified School District introduced a brand new 'no-shame' dress code for the 2018-2019 academic year

The new dress code was approved in July, as is being implemented in all the district's schools for this academic year.

Now, the list of things students can't wear is much shorter than it had been in the past. Mostly, students need only to make sure their their clothing covers their genitals, buttocks, and nipples with opaque materials.

Also off-limits is clothing with 'violent language or images,' 'images or language that depicts drugs or alcohol,' and 'hate speech, profanity, pornography.' Visible underwear or bathing suits are also not allowed, either.

But nearly everything else is OK, including tube tops, crop tops, tank tops, halter tops, tight pants, leggings, yoga pants, short skirts and dresses, ripped jeans, hoodies with hoods up, sweatpants, and pajamas.

According to the dress code introduction, the new rules were designed to improve student experience and cut down on unnecessary discipline that takes students out of class.

'Students should be able to wear clothing without fear of or actual unnecessary discipline or body shaming,' reads the official memo. 'The student dress code should serve to support all students to develop a body positive self-image. '

The new rules are being hailed as a refreshing change, and 'the most permissive in the Bay Area.'

Many school districts have been the subject of negative press in the past few years for too-restrictive dress code policies. Students — most of whom are female — have taken to social media to complain about being disciplined for wearing tank tops, shorts, or other items that administrators insisted show too much skin.

Hope: Many school districts have been the subject of negative press in the past few years for too-restrictive dress code policies, and student movements have aimed to change them

These dress codes have have inspired a growing movement among high school students, who find them unfair and sexist — since most of the time, the rules heavily target female students over male ones.

Often, too, the language directs female students to cover up for the sake of their male peers, so as not to 'distract' them — putting responsibility on female students for male students' actions.

Officials at Alameda schools realized this was going on. According to a release, the conversation about changing the rules started in 2016 as a joint effort between middle school students and their teacher.

The group made an argument to the Board of Education, saying the old policy was enforced inconsistently and had a disproportionate impact on girls.

Kristen Wong, 14, told the San Francisco Chronicle that the old policy was also degrading. When she was in sixth grade, she got in trouble for wearing a tank top, despite not understanding why it was wrong. It left her feeling confused and ashamed.

'Other people’s sexual thoughts are being impressed on girls who are just wearing their soccer shorts and going to math,' explained Lisa Frack, the president of the National Organization for Women.

Her organization has created a suggested dress code policy for other schools to adapt, and it provided the basis for the Alameda district's new rules.

'[The students] really forced us — catalyzed us — to confront our own role in how students develop body image and what messages our dress code was implicitly or explicitly sending to students about sexuality and what was OK,' said the district’s chief academic officer, Steven Fong. 'We’re not about policing students’ bodies.'

Flip side: Last week, Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas put out a video demonstrating what clothing violated its dress code, and the imagery has some up in arms

Uh-oh! The video was shown last Thursday during classes and was immediately slammed on social by the students, who called it demeaning.

Because the rules are still new, the district will be collecting feedback and may review and adjust the policy over time.

'We’re still encouraging students to dress for an active school day,' said Rebecca Baumgartner, an English and history teacher in the district who advised the student crusaders who changed the rules. 'We want kids and parents and guardians to be deciding what appropriate is.'

The disciplinary actions for those who break the few rules left have also been adjusted. In addition to stressing that teachers should be enforcing the rules consistently and without bias, the code also discourages them from removing students from class for dress code violations.

The district also will not force students to cover up or change into clothing that is not theirs, won't shame students or more their clothing, and won't call parents to bring alternative clothing during the day.

The new policy is making headlines just as another school in Texas is facing criticism for unfairly targeting girls with its rules.

Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas put out a video demonstrating what clothing violated its dress code, and the imagery has some up in arms.

In the clip, just female students wearing shorts and T-shirts walk inside the school as the MIA song Bad Girls plays.

In trouble: In the clip, just female students wearing shorts and T-shirts walk inside the school as the MIA song Bad Girls plays. Principal Will Skelton (right) issued an apology

Uproar: Students took to Twitter to complain about the sexist nature of the video, and also for how it oversexualized teens

The video was shown last Thursday during classes and was immediately slammed on social by the students, who called it demeaning.

One student, Catherine Moring, 17, took to Twitter and said: 'Today my school was shown this video. So sad how ONLY girls are shown as the violators.

'I understand why my school has a dresscode, but what about the boys who wear shorts, or show their shoulders? It's 2018...Why are we still over-sexualizing teen girls?'

Fellow student Nicole Hollowell took issue with the way the video was shot as well.

She tweeted: 'They were zooming in on girls' legs in the video. They were showing up-close (shots) of the girls in shorts. They were doing this at the same time saying shorts were too sexual to be worn at school.'

Principal Will Skelton issued an apology, saying: 'I'm a firm believer that when you make a mistake, you own it, you apologize, and you make it right.

'We believed a video would be a good way to replace the fashion show [which students had put on in the past to demonstrate what violated the dress code], but this video absolutely missed the mark.'

