Dyed Hair Suspension, Rylee MacKay [PHOTOS]: Student Banned from School for 'Distracting' Red Hair, Allowed to Return with Subdued Color [VIDEO]

Reports confirm that 15-year-old Rylee MacKay was threatened with suspension from the Hurricane Middle School in Utah after administrators deemed her dyed hair color too unnatural and "distracting." The young student was told to complete her work in solitary confinement within the school until her hair color was fixed, but MacKay's mother Amy objected. MacKay was promptly banned from school grounds until she returned with a more natural, subdued hair color. Upon further inspection, school administrators found MacKay's hair "appropriate" for return on Monday, Feb. 11.

According to several recent reports, Hurricane principal Dr. Ron Hoyt asked MacKay to leave school grounds after classes on Wednesday (Feb. 6) until she was able to return with a hair color "within the spectrum of color that grows naturally."

On Feb. 2, MacKay went to get her hair professionally dyed a bright, artificial shade of red. Apparently, the ninth grader had been dying her hair the same hue of red since September. According to her mother Amy MacKay, the duo brought the hairdresser a copy of the school's dress code which states, "hair color should be within the spectrum of color that hair grows naturally." Rylee and the stylist then settled on a mixture of natural brown and red.

But according to school officials, there was definitely tints of "pink and purple" in MacKay's mane when she returned to school the following week. Vice Principal Jan Goodwin only noticed the unnatural color in the sunlight on Wednesday.

Because Amy MacKay would not agree with the school's "solitary confinement" offer, administrators threatened to suspend Rylee if she returned to school with the same hair color on Monday, Feb. 11. Although Amy MacKay alleged begged for a little more time to fix the hair, school officials wouldn't oblige.

MacKay returned to school Monday not having changed the color of her vibrant red hair, but was allowed back without further complaint. According to a statement Principal Dr. Ron Hoyt released to ksl.com on Monday: "Apparently, she's washed it several times and it's toned down."

Amy MacKay, who refuses to dye her daughters hair a more-natural shade of brown, remains puzzled. She believes the the Washington County School District's dress code needs a clearer revision:

"There is absolutely ambiguity there that needs to be addressed. And they didn't tell her not to dye it again ... what's going to happen six weeks from now? We don't know what's going to happen moving forward," MacKay told KSL. "I absolutely am not going to dye it brown. That is not an option. My daughter feels beautiful with the red hair. Changing her hair really changed her; she really blossomed."