The Milwaukee School Board has voted to approve school uniforms. The vote in favor was 8-1. The uniform will include short- or long-sleeve shirts with a collar and blue, black or tan dress pants. If parents don't want their children wearing uniforms, they don't have to, and the student won't be penalized. Schools can opt out if 66 percent of the school's community, including students, parents and governance at a school, object to uniforms. "I think that we should have uniforms. I believe it will decrease bullying and harassment and even physical violence," Golda Meir student Jaya Sims said. "I think it's a pointless thing that only hinders students in making them feel like a community and saying students can opt out if they can't afford it. That will only single them out even more," Golda Meir student Eva Gessner said. The district said it will help provide resources to families. "We can provide funding, starting at $20 per student, to help provide their first set of uniforms, so not just first set in August, but first set when the child comes. … So this is intended to help mitigate poverty or high mobility. This is not meant to intensify that," MPS Superintendent Dr. Darienne Driver said. The policy will be instituted in the fall.