Sentences with phrase «district violates state law»

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The action, which was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, alleges that the Company violated federal securities laws.

The action, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges that the Company violated federal securities laws.

A district court has held that a 2007 law amending the Texas Pledge of Allegiance to include the phrase «one state under God» does not violate the Establishment Clause.

On May 16, 2012, in response to a lawsuit filed by journalist Chris Hedges, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Wolf and others, [16] United States District Judge Katherine B. Forrest ruled the indefinite detention section of the law (1021) likely violates the 1st and 5th Amendments and issued a preliminary injunction preventing the US government from enforcing it.

The Republican candidate for the vacant seat of the New York State Assembly's 145th District, Mickey Kearns, is facing a formal complaint that he violated state campaign laws by accepting individual and corporate contributions for the upcoming special election over the legal lState Assembly's 145th District, Mickey Kearns, is facing a formal complaint that he violated state campaign laws by accepting individual and corporate contributions for the upcoming special election over the legal lstate campaign laws by accepting individual and corporate contributions for the upcoming special election over the legal limit.

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. is investigating whether de Blasio's fundraising efforts to help elect a Democratic majority in the state senate violated campaign finance laws.

«Unfortunately, as we've alleged today, District Attorney Abelove's actions not only violate the law, but directly undermine the public's confidence in law enforcement, making the jobs of police officers and district attorneys throughout the state more difficultDistrict Attorney Abelove's actions not only violate the law, but directly undermine the public's confidence in law enforcement, making the jobs of police officers and district attorneys throughout the state more difficultdistrict attorneys throughout the state more difficult.»

They started talking — to the media and to investigators for the Southern District US Attorney's Office headed by Preet Bharara — about being muscled, about promises of independent investigations being violated, about being told to steer clear of investigating Cuomo's friends and contributors, the Democratic Party and the law practices of state lawmakers.

The Office of Congressional Ethics report stated that there is «substantial reason to believe» Collins, R - 27th District, violated House rules, standards of conduct, and federal law.

Late Friday afternoon, members of Buffalo's Board of Education responded to accusations from Buffalo developer Carl Paladino asserting the board violated the state's open meetings law by convening in closed - door executive sessions when it chose Dr. Pamela Brown to be the district's new superintendent.

Espada has been dogged by investigations for more than ten years and is currently being scrutinized by both state attorney general Andrew Cuomo and Bronx district attorney Robert Johnson, who are trying to determine whether Espada violated campaign - finance laws and whether he actually lives in the Bronx district he represents.

Jennifer Rodgers, former assistant U.S. Attorney and current executive director of the Center For The Advancement of Public Integrity at Columbia University, told Gotham Gazette that after reviewing the state statutes and Sugarman's report, she thinks there is good reason to believe the law was violated, but admitted there is enough discretion that a district attorney may decide there is not enough hard proof of intent.

Dadey sent a formal complaint Friday to the state Board of Elections with a copy to Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, asking them to investigate whether Miner and Promise PAC violated election law.

Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne filed a lawsuit alleging Republican legislative leaders violated the state's open meetings law in the run - up to a vote on the plan.

Fisher, who got unanimous backing from her district's GOP convention, ran into a late season snafu in the past month when another State Supreme Court Justice ruled that votes taken in the Conservative Party's judicial nominating convention in September violated election law.

State and federal prosecutors announced on March 16 that they would not seek charges against the mayor, though Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance wrote to the New York State Board of Elections that the fundraising appears to have violated «the intent and spirit of the laws.»

Under state law, the Education Commissioner may remove a Board member for office for a violation of the law or willful neglect of duty; the Board argues that Paladino's statement violates the Dignity for All Students Act, «which requires school districts to provide students with an environment free of discrimination, harassment and bullying.»

But, as U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni advised jurors before evidence about donations to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's campaign came up as an issue, there have been no suggestions that the money flow to Cuomo violated any state laws.

In his announcement, District Attorney Cyrus Vance stated that there wasn't enough evidence to prove that the mayor violated state election laws in his efforts to help Democrats take over the Republican - controlled state Senate.

In a unanimous decision, the court ruled, «It is within the sole discretion of each district attorney's executive power to orchestrate the prosecution of those who violate the criminal laws of this State.»

SYRACUSE, NY — District Attorney William Fitzpatrick's campaign has violated state election law by failing to disclose details of how he personally spent more than $ 20,000 in contributions over the last two years.

Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick's campaign has violated state election law by not itemizing more than $ 20,000 in spending on his personal credit card that he's charged back to the campaign over the past two years.

In his letter to the Rockland and Westchester district attorneys, Jenkins suggests the donations may violate state election law because the LLC is a «sham.»

The supreme court, in a 6 - to - 3 decision, upheld a county district judge's finding in March 1983 that a group of parents violated the state's compulsory - attendance law by sending their children to a school established by the Calvary Baptist Church in Charles City.

The high court upheld the state school board's ultimate authority to overrule a local district's rejection of a charter application, saying the provision in the state's charter law did not violate the state constitution.

Lawyers representing students and families from the now - defunct Lake View school district in Arkansas filed a lawsuit in federal court Oct. 25 challenging a new state school consolidation law on the grounds that it violates the district's equal - protection rights and is racially discriminatory, according to the Associated Press.

The Minnesota Federation of Teachers has filed suit in federal district court in St. Paul to block the state's 1985 Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act on the grounds that the law violates both the state and federal constitutions by permitting the «direct diversion» of public funds from public schools to church - related colleges and universities.

To make clear its instructions, the state school board has decided to provide more guidance on the appropriate use of the money and audit districts that may be violating the law.

A group of primarily white Illinois school districts violated federal and state civil rights laws when they chose to leave an athletic conference that included schools with predominantly minority student enrollments, a lawsuit filed in federal court argues.

Following an investigation, the State Department of Education found that Hartford and Bridgeport, the state's two largest school districts, are violating special education State Department of Education found that Hartford and Bridgeport, the state's two largest school districts, are violating special education state's two largest school districts, are violating special education laws.

Attorneys from the Education Law Center and the Public Interest Law Center cited gross inequities in school funding among the state's school districts, to argue that the state's current school funding system violates the state Constitution's requirement that the state legislature «support and maintain» a «thorough and efficient system of public education.»

Now that a judge has ruled that teachers» performance evaluations in the Los Angeles Unified School District are inadequate and violate state law, the teachers union will finally have to work with district leaders on devising a reasonable method for using student achievement to measure teachers&raquDistrict are inadequate and violate state law, the teachers union will finally have to work with district leaders on devising a reasonable method for using student achievement to measure teachers&raqudistrict leaders on devising a reasonable method for using student achievement to measure teachers» work.

And requiring districts and states to report how many parents are arrested or charged each year with supposedly «stealing education» or violating residency laws would shed light on the pernicious effects of Zip Code Education policies.

A Michigan Court of Appeals held that a statute permitting local school districts to furnish transportation without charge for students of state - approved private schools did not violate Michigan's first Blaine Amendment (Article I, Section 4) because the statute's intended and actual effect was to assist parents in complying with state compulsory education laws while recognizing their right to send their children to religious schools.

The proposal by Educators 4 Excellence, whose L.A. chapter of 900 teachers was launched last November, came one day after a Los Angeles Superior Court judge found that the Los Angeles Unified School District had violated a state law requiring the use of such student achievement measures in its instructor evaluations.

In April, the Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA) sued the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and its Commissioner Mike Morath, alleging that the scheduled July 1 implementation of the new Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T - TESS) violates state law by requiring that school districts base 20 % of each teacher's evaluation on student achievement growth measures -LSBState Teachers Association (TSTA) sued the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and its Commissioner Mike Morath, alleging that the scheduled July 1 implementation of the new Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T - TESS) violates state law by requiring that school districts base 20 % of each teacher's evaluation on student achievement growth measures -LSBstate law by requiring that school districts base 20 % of each teacher's evaluation on student achievement growth measures -LSB-...]

«In response to an October 2013 complaint filed by the Center for Children's Advocacy against the district, the state conducted an investigation and determined that the district violated its obligations to students under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and state law.

Two lawsuits have been filed by the district against the state, citing the state violated civil - rights law by underfunding Philadelphia and other districts with a large number of minorities.

A complaint is a statement that a local school, school district, or county of education policy has been violated or that a state or federal law or regulation has been violated.

State anti-bullying laws do not allow you to file a suit against a school district for violating those laws.

Many bilingual programs are violating state law by failing to provide adequate services to the district's growing share of students whose native language is not English.

Several Los Angeles parents had sued the district, saying that failure to use student test scores in teacher evaluations, as they argued a state law known as the Stull Act required, was violating their children's» rights to equal educational opportunity.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant affirmed his preliminary ruling this week, finding that the district has violated a 40 - year - old state law, known as the Stull Act, requiring that evaluations of teachers and principals include measures of how much students learn what the state and district expects them to know.

While the district has not flat out rejected the request, made in October, it responded with a detailed memo last month that argues that the union's proposed changes would violate state laws and create new burdens on the district.

In a surprise ruling, a New York district judge found Apple guilty of conspiring to raise the retail prices of e-books with publishers and violating antitrust and state laws.

The United States District Court judge, Amy Berman Jackson, said that the E.P.A.'s unilateral decision in January 2011 to rescind the waste disposal permit for the Spruce No. 1 mine in Logan County, W.Va., exceeded the agency's authority and violated federal law.

«Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer's judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable.»

The state Ethics Commission has voted to investigate whether the town manager in East Greenwich violated state law when she did not disclose her work for the Central Coventry Fire District and other businesses, The Providence Journal reported.