Sentences with phrase «refuse testing for»

1) Join with other parents in your community and urge your school committee to follow the lead of Worcester, Norfolk, Mendon - Upton and others in allowing parents to refuse testing for their children.

NYSUT encourages members to exercise their rights as citizens and professionals to speak out against the harmful effects of high - stakes tests in general and to consider refusing the tests for their own children.

The New York State Union of Teachers, issued an updated FAQ stating, «NYSUT encourages members to exercise their rights as citizens and professionals to speak out against the harmful effects of high - stakes tests in general and to consider refusing the tests for their own children.

«Parents need to refuse this test for their children,» said Dawn Peterson, a founder of Uncommon to the Core - Florida, in a statement.

If you refuse the test for a second time, your driving privileges will be gone for an additional eighteen months and you will be charged with a 1st degree misdemeanor.

Not exact matches

VICTORIA — After the Christy Clark government refused to take the issue of lead in the drinking water of North Coast communities seriously, B.C. New Democrat MLA for the North Coast, Jennifer Rice, initiated water testing in three social housing units...

VICTORIA — After the Christy Clark government refused to take the issue of lead in the drinking water of North Coast communities seriously, B.C. New Democrat MLA for the North Coast, Jennifer Rice, initiated water testing in three social housing units in her community.

If it were an accident, the first time it caused rashes and or nose bleeds and diarrhea, they would have written what caused it in my Medical Records to stop others from causing the adverse reactions, but no, they have to try to prevent a Law Suit and write that I am delusional about the adverse reactions so every Doctor after that forced the adverse reactions on me and or refused to give me the Medical Treatment actually need, while they make money off charging the government for the Toxic Harmful Drugs that a Judge ordered them not to give me, tut they just falsely called me delusional about the Court Orders, to made money poisoning me with Toxic Drugs and Rash Creams, but normally they do that to their suspecting Victims to make money off doing Kidney transplants like they did to my Uncle, but they will not replace mine, because that is what they planned to do to kill me, just ask their associate assassin Dr Kanter of the Minneapolis VA, of course he will say I am delusional after he assaulted me saying the other Hospital Labs were wrong about that Blood Test that show the harm they caused.

This woman and her Fascist Right wing Nazis need to sit in prison for their crimes against humanity because I am not the only one these cold blooded lying murders did this to, and they deliberately will not have anyone obey Court Orders and get me Medical Records together, and get me Medical Doctors to address my Medical Concerns, and get all my Doctors on the same page, because they intended all along on messing up my Medical records while causing me serious medical harm, and then letting me die from Medical Neglect so that they could falsely blame me or environmental factors and they even have the Police deliberate to refuse to investigate why they removed Tests from my Medical Records that showed the harm that they caused.

The Commission's method to test for dual quality products will be ready in April and, when the results are published, Europeans should «vote with their purses and refuse to buy products they consider of lower quality,» the commissioner for justice, consumers...

I tested the damn thing 11 times (because I'm fucking crazy I refused to share a recipe for a cake with a small crater in the middle)(I have serious OCD about properly leavening things) so that's a matter of fact.

[2] Boston Red Sox outfielder Mo Vaughn's reason, stated by his lawyer, for failing eight sobriety tests (when asked to recite the alphabet, he couldn't get past P) and refusing to take a Breathalyzer during an arrest for drunken driving.

[7] Cincinnati Bengals running back Corey Dillon after being arrested for DUI, driving with a suspended license, running over a curb, refusing to take a field sobriety test and refusing to take a blood - alcohol test.

TAC, for example, has steadfastly refused to test athletes, even at national championship meets.

The officer wrote Coss up for «refusing a drug test» and «fighting an officer.»

But if high school swimmers are refused the right to test their ability against others in competition on a national level, what incentive will there be for them to continue?

They tried to take the baby several times for tests and bathing, and every time we either refused or my husband went with them, and I didn't care if it was 3 AM.

Jay Mathews, education writer for The Washington Post, wrote a recent column about teachers who refused to give students back their graded tests.

During his lifetime he refused requests for DNA testing, and his will reportedly orders that his DNA not be given up for testing.

But since the test has been done and potential low blood sugar has been diagnosed your baby can be taken away from you (for neglect) if you refuse to follow the protocol of hourly testing.

But in a handful of states, you're not allowed to say no — the state believes testing is so important for your child's health that you have no legal right to refuse.

However, it does not list other exceptions or appear to propose consequences for biological fathers who refuse to participate in formally acknowledging paternity or make themselves available for DNA testing.

I said it, however, in the context of BPI's move to test for E. coli pathogens that others refused to test for.

The doctors refuse to test him for sleep apnea (which I don't really think he has) but I can't figure out how to get him to sleep.

A Syracuse City School District parent says her daughter was suspended for three days because she refused to take the state English assessment test, but district officials insist the eighth - grader was suspended for «disciplinary reasons.»

Assembly members Tedisco, Graf, Ra say Assembly Majority more interested in «symbolism over substance» and covering backsides after voting for budget that's outraged parents & teachers than informing parents of their rights to refuse to have their kids take tests

«While the Majority bill protects children, teachers and schools from being penalized for opting out of the tests, it's missing the critical piece that parents should be informed by schools in writing or via email that they have a right to refuse to have their children take these developmentally inappropriate high stakes tests.»

«Unfortunately, many parents who are discontent with Common Core do not know they have the right to refuse the standardized tests for their children.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Senator Terrence Murphy (R,C,I - Jefferson Valley), Assemblyman Ed Ra (R - Franklin Square), Assemblyman Michael P. Kearns (D - Buffalo), Senator Joseph A. Griffo (R,C,I - Rome) and Senator George Latimer (D - Rye) today joined with parents, students and educators in Albany to call for passage of bi-partisan legislation they are sponsoring, the «Common Core Parental Refusal Act» (A. 6025 / S.4161) to require that school districts notify parents of their rights to refuse to have their children in grades 3 - 8 participate in the Common Core standardized tests.

Some communities have banded together for an «opt - out movement» with parents refusing to have their children take the tests and preferring that their progress be assessed by class projects and other work.

«The Common Core Parental Refusal Act protects the rights of parents to have their children refuse to take these high stakes tests and it ensures that students, teachers and schools are not penalized or rewarded for participation — or lack thereof — in the exams.

«While the state legislature works to protect the rights of parents to refuse the Common Core tests, we need our congressional representatives to referee on the federal level and send Secretary Duncan a clear message there will be consequences for penalizing our schools.

The department has not released any further details about the testing and spokesmen for both DEC and governor refused interview requests.

Just before the March 31 budget deadline, when it became clear that lawmakers would approve a new evaluation system that relies more heavily on state exams, NYSUT joined the «opt out» push, arguing if enough students refuse the tests, they won't be statistically reliable for use as part of the rating system.

More than 71,000 elementary and middle school students refused to take the state Common Core math test yesterday in 80 of Long Island's 124 school districts that responded to a Newsday survey — nearly 53 percent of those eligible for the exam in those systems.

She said the level for means - testing pensioners» winter fuel allowance would be decided after consultation, she refused to be drawn on r new social care cap, she did not answer when asked where the money for the extra # 8bn for the NHS would come from.

Sweeney was arrested last April after being pulled over for speeding in Clifton Park and refusing to take a field sobriety test.

The bill would ensure that schools can notify parents they can refuse to have their children in grades 3 - 8 participate in Common Core standardized tests, protects schools from having state aid withheld & ensures that students are not punished for their lack of participation in those tests, and it would set - aside alternate studies, Last year, parents of 60,000 students refused New York State Common Core tests.

The move to refuse the state standardized tests scheduled for later this week is getting more vocal, as test dates approach for children in third through eighth grades.

The issue of whether the comptroller could hold up the entire budget by refusing to certify it has been debated for years, but has never been tested in the courts.

Last year, 20 percent of New York students refused to take state tests, aligned to the Common Core standards for higher achievement.

A parent at Lincoln Middle School in the Syracuse City School District says her daughter was suspended for three days because she refused to take the state English assessment test on Wednesday.

In January this year, the former education secretary Nicky Morgan refused to say what seven times eight was while appearing on ITV's Good Morning Britain to announce a new maths test for 11 - year - olds.

Questions during the Q&A portion of the press conference included his plans during his scheduled visit to Albany on March 4th, why he expects to convince legislators who he has not convinced, whether he's concerned that the middle school program will be pushed aside if there is a pre-K funding mechanism other than his proposed tax, where the money to fund the middle school program will come from, how he counters the argument that his tax proposal is unfair to cities that do not have a high earner tax base, how he will measure the success of the program absent additional standardized testing, whether he expects to meet with Governor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a parent whose child planned on attending one of the charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since taking office.

As for last year's testing opt - outs, Farrell said the district saw only a small percentage of students refuse to take the state tests despite low class sizes which easily skew the data.

It argues that the company «rejects all forms of discrimination, so it has no right to judge the purpose for which an individual will use his or her test result, and so for ethical reasons it could not have refused to carry out the test».

The legal fight began in 2005 when Stanford sued Roche for refusing to pay royalties on three patents held by the university on the HIV test.

In the seventh grade, however, Jonathan suddenly lost interest in school, refusing to do homework or study for tests.

Sarah Tuite, a spokesperson for Menu Foods, refused to comment on the lag time between the first test animal's death and the date of the recall.

The decision was a blow to the biotech company and a victory for a testing lab linked to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, which has refused to pay royalties to Prometheus.