In a survey conducted by the Student Education Reform Union in junior high schools throughout Taiwan, 76 % of students interviewed said that their school monitored hair-code compliance once a month. Almost 70 % of students said that their school did not apply a clear and uniform standard when checking that the hair code was being observed.
根據「中學生教改聯盟」一項針對全台灣高中職進行的調查，逾七成六的受訪學生表示，學校每個月都會檢查頭髮，將近七成的學生認為，學校檢查頭髮時沒有一定的標準。