Danielle George - All Headline News Staff Reporter

Los Angeles, CA (AHN)- It's the teachers, not the students that are being chastised for their attire while working. Districts throughout the country are scrambling to issue and -in some cases- re-issue dress code policies for teachers.

The Associated Press reports teachers, in some districts, are wearing skimpy tops, short skirts, flip flops, jeans, T-shirts, spandex or baseball caps.

Regulating dress is touchy. Teachers may view policies that get too specific as restrictive and demeaning, and what should be done about broad policies that are enforced inconsistently? What works for a physics teacher may not fit a kindergarten teacher who sits with students on the floor.

One teacher says, "Because we work with children, and we're trying to relate to them, sometimes we need to have guidelines that say, 'You know folks, here's the line, and you really need to stay on this side of it.'"

An official says teachers set the example, which is why he once sent home a teacher wearing a belt buckle featuring a marijuana leaf.