At one point, he declared that mandatory uniforms would help children "feel free."

Jersey City - the state's second-largest district (after Newark), with 30,000 students - is in its second year of mandatory uniforms.

Looking to the next four years, the Mayor proposed making uniforms mandatory in the public schools to "impose a greater sense of order and discipline" among students.

Of 18 speakers, only 3 said they favored making uniforms mandatory.

Lora Jobe, a board member, first proposed mandatory uniforms for underperforming elementary schools.

For those who missed it, the Mayor is calling for mandatory uniforms in the city's public schools.

He would make uniforms mandatory for students up to sixth grade, unless planning teams at the schools vote to opt out of the plan.

Predictably, most eighth graders overwhelmingly opposed mandatory uniforms in public schools.

Children who couldn't afford the mandatory uniforms couldn't attend school.

BK prides itself in not having a mandatory uniform, but it still has a very strict dress code.