Sentences with phrase «act on behalf of students»

She also said that the department must act on behalf of students who have been defrauded but may not know they have a right to have their loans discharged.

A + Colorado calls on the Colorado legislature, our Governor and the state board of education to enact policies to better support students, and more importantly act on behalf of these students so that they have greater educational opportunities.

Abby Shaforth is an attorney with the National Consumer Law Center and said the department must commit to providing debt relief to students and acting on behalf of students who may not know they have a right to have their loans forgiven.

Whitney Barkley - Denney, a lawyer at the Center for Responsible Lending, said she was unsurprised the administration was acting on behalf of the student loan companies.

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You will be a hard act to follow, Bettina, but hopefully among your vast readership, there are some HISD parents who have been inspired by your passion and advocacy on behalf of HISD's students, and who will be willing to step up and take your place, to keep trying to move forward with better school food.

In 2003, United Development and United Realty Management were hired to develop, construct and manage a $ 20 million student housing complex for the Renaissance Corporation, acting on behalf of the University Heights Association.

Law students working with Yale's legal services organization plan to file a class - action lawsuit in Federal District Court today against Gov. Dannel Malloy of Connecticut and the state's acting and former health commissioners on behalf of residents affected by Connecticut's Ebola quarantine policies, including two who were Yale graduate students.

Using wisdom, demonstrating compassion, and acting courageously on behalf of marginalized students and communities are the hallmarks of the best of our school leaders.

But when technology is used to personalize on behalf of students, it often acts as a prohibitive intermediary between the teachers and students.

Catheterizing a student's bladder in order to allow her to urinate is not a «related service» as defined under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, argued James W. Deatherage on behalf of the district in Irving Independent School District v. Tatro (Case No. 83 - 558).

As another scholar Jeremy Rabkin noted in Judicial Compulsions, the interests of the students quickly got lost in a «fog of legalisms» to be replaced by the interests of advocacy groups allegedly acting on their behalf.

One of his first acts as chief executive was to settle a lawsuit filed against the state by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of students in 18 districts around California, most in poor communities.

We write on behalf of the 6.2 million public school students in California to comment on the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on accountability and state plans under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

The proposed regulations put forth by the Department of Education for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) reflect many of the priorities articulated by representative teachers on behalf of the E4E membership (more than 20,000 educators across the country).

Letter to Acting Education Secretary John King from 51 organizations that advocate on behalf of students, consumers, veterans, faculty and staff, civil rights, and college access responding to the Department of Education's request for comments on the proposed Enterprise Complaint System.

After donating the most math points of any participating Texas school, students at Davis Intermediate School will act on behalf of all participants by presenting a check for $ 5,000 to a representative from the Red Cross.

On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the 16 organizations listed below, we urge you to ensure that children receive the support and attention they deserve through the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSAOn behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the 16 organizations listed below, we urge you to ensure that children receive the support and attention they deserve through the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSAon Civil and Human Rights and the 16 organizations listed below, we urge you to ensure that children receive the support and attention they deserve through the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Although the agenda can always be used to advocate on behalf of students, schools, and the profession at the local, state, and federal levels, the 2016 agenda is particularly applicable at the state level as states begin implementing changes required under the Every Student Succeeds Act.

As Malloy stressed in a press release following the announcement of the State's appeal: «It would be prudent to address the systemic problems in our educational system, particularly fair funding, in a serious manner once and for all in the 2017 legislative session... Let us take this opportunity to act on behalf of all of our students.»

NSBA and over 35 organizations joined today in advocating for the full funding of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), on behalf of over 6.2 million students with disabilities, their teachers, specialized instructional support personnel, parents, school boards and administrators.

NSBA and over 35 organizations joined today in advocating for the full funding of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), on behalf of over 6.2 million students with disabilities, their teachers, specialized instructional support personnel, parents, school boards and...

On behalf of the nation's elementary and middle level principals who serve over 33 million children from prekindergarten to the eighth grade, NAESP calls on Congress to put the Every Child Achieves Act on the Senate Floor and make America's students a prioritOn behalf of the nation's elementary and middle level principals who serve over 33 million children from prekindergarten to the eighth grade, NAESP calls on Congress to put the Every Child Achieves Act on the Senate Floor and make America's students a prioriton Congress to put the Every Child Achieves Act on the Senate Floor and make America's students a prioriton the Senate Floor and make America's students a priority.

You gave Nationwide Student Aid a power of attorney to act on your behalf, but they can make mistakes too.

Given PPP's findings, the new Congress should think twice before neglecting to act on behalf of those with student loans.

(Section 480 (b)(7) of the Higher Education Act defines untaxed income and benefits as «cash support or any money paid on the student's behalf, except, for dependent students, funds provided by the student's parents».

You might find that you have a Navient student loan after graduation; this simply means that Navient acts as the loan servicer on behalf of the federal government.

Acted on behalf of a RSL in connection with University Student Accommodation project, involving the design, construction, finance and maintenance of facilities over a 30 year period.

I spent the last term of my degree working at UVic's Law Centre, the clinical law program that allows approximately 13 - 14 students the chance to work full time in a legal clinic acting on behalf of real clients — interviewing, negotiating, going to countless court appearances (including trials), that sort of thing.

Office of the Attorney General (Chicago, IL) 2005 — 2006 Law Clerk • Acted as an Attorney General liaison to the California Attorney General and District Attorney regarding extradition and interstate compact issues relating to Illinois death row inmates in California custody • Appeared in court on behalf of the Attorney General's Office as a 711 licensed student • Drafted legal memoranda, correspondence, pleadings, and extradition materials for review by senior staff

In fact, if you have been following the recent educational reform, ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) is a clear example of NASP's work on your behalf to stimulate some key policy changes that benefit school psychologists after No Child Left Behind.

Emergent has filed suit under the federal Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act («RICO») on behalf of 164 former students of «Flip This House» star Armando Montelongo and his companies, alleging that the real estate mogul's educational offerings — which cost up to tens of thousands of dollars, and which are attended by thousands of students every year — do not live up to the central claim that the Montelongo «system works in any financial market, at any given time,» and are instead the heart of a fraudulent scheme to sell students worthless «education.»