A Texas teen was suspended for weeks over his locs hairstyle. Now, his family is suing the governor

A Black high school student who was suspended over his locs hairstyle and his mother have sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the state's attorney general for allegedly failing to enforce the state's CROWN Act, a law that protects against hair discrimination.

Darryl George, a 17-year-old student at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas, has been suspended for more than three weeks because officials said his locs - which he often wears in braids or a ponytail - violate the Barbers Hill Independent School District's dress code for male students.

The policy does not prohibit students from wearing locs or braids, but it does place limitations on hair length for male students, stating hair cannot be worn in a style "that would allow the hair to extend below the top of a t-shirt collar, below the eyebrows, or below the ear lobes when let down."

But the federal civil rights lawsuit, filed Saturday in the Texas Southern District Court, argues that Darryl's suspension is a violation of the state's CROWN Act, a law that prohibits discrimination against hair texture and protective hairstyles like locs and braids that are "commonly or historically associated with race."

It also alleges that Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have failed to enforce the law, which went into effect on September 1.

The lawsuit notes the plaintiffs are seeking an injunction against Abbott and Paxton to compel them to stop the district from "exposing their students to disciplinary punishment and disciplinary measures due to locs, braid, twists and other protective styles that are alleged to be or that are longer than the District or schools' length requirement."

CNN has reached out to Abbott's and Paxton's office for comment on the lawsuit, as well as the attorneys for the Barbers Hill Independent School District.