Sentences with phrase «action on behalf of parents»

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One of the most poignant experiences for young people growing up in our society is to espouse some cause such as civil rights or world peace — a cause they learned to love in their home or church — and then find that their parents are opposed to overt action on behalf of social justice.

Community leaders, parents, and students need clear and actionable data so that supportive action can be taken on behalf of struggling students and low - performing schools.

New Yorkers for Independent Action, a group that backs education law changes including a tax credit program to assist parents of children in private schools, allocated $ 139,000 on Jacobs» behalf towards the end of the contest.

The Fund Education Now Legislative Education Report Card is compiled by parents and grades the actions of Florida legislators on behalf of public education and Florida's children.

On behalf of parents of public school students across Connecticut, I am writing to request that you add an agenda item to the April 6, 2015 State Board of Education Committee meeting to review and address the actions taken by your Interim Commissioner of Education and other State Department of Education staff as they relate to the issue of a parent's fundamental and inalienable right to opt their children out of the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing program and how local school districts should deal with children whose parents have opted them out of the SBAC testing.

Considering the financial and political resources that are being utilized by the corporate education reform industry to push their agenda, I truly believe that Diane Ravitch is a hero and her actions on behalf of our nation's children, teachers, schools and parents is heroic.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer BewareIn April, the law firm of Giskan Solotaroff Anderson & Stewart filed a class action lawsuit against Author Solutions Inc. and its parent, Penguin Group, on behalf of three plaintiffs, alleging breach of c... -LSB-...]

I, the parent or legal guardian of the youth named above, being of lawful age, knowingly and voluntarily state and agree as follows: In consideration of the opportunity for the youth named above's participation being accepted and intending to be legally bound, I do hereby for myself, on behalf of my children, and for my heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, release, waive and forever discharge the Santa Barbara Sailing Center employees from any and all claims actions, damages, costs, judgments or liability whatsoever, which I or my children now have or which may hereafter accrue to me or my children on account of or in any way growing out of any and all known and unknown, foreseen and unforeseen, bodily and personal injuries, property damage and the consequences thereof resulting from or to result from participation in The Santa Barbara Sailing Center's Summer Kids Camp.

In Florida, if you have a valid wrongful death claim, you will need to open a probate estate and appoint a personal representative (usually a spouse, parent, or another appropriate person) who will bring action on behalf of the estate and individual survivors.

Section 6 (3)(b) enables the secretary of state to «take action... to recover from the non-resident parent, on the parent's behalf, the child support maintenance» (emphasis added).

The action was brought on behalf of a class of people defined as follows: The action relates to a transaction whereby $ 40,000,000 was taken from the participating policyholders» account of GWLAC and used towards the financing of the acquisition of London Insurance Group Inc. (the parent company of London Life Insurance Company) by GWLAC and Lifeco.

FD cases are called non-dissolution cases because they involve parents who are not legally married or adults who are filing for court action on behalf of minor children.

Because children are incompetent to bring their own personal injury action due to their minority, parents or guardians must pursue a claim on behalf of the child.

It also rejected the argument that a multiple derivative action comprises two derivative actions (one by the shareholders on behalf of the parent company against the subsidiary for its failure to sue the wrongdoers and one by the parent company on behalf of the subsidiary against the wrongdoers), neither of which was maintainable (the first because the subsidiary owed the parent no duty to sue the wrongdoers and the second because the parent company was in control of the subsidiary).

Years ago, when I was Public Trustee in Saskatchewan, I was asked to approve a settlement of a personal injury action on behalf of a child, in which the settlement amount was reduced by the amount of the parents» contributory negligence.

The crucial question that arises is whether a person holding shares in a parent company, which has suffered an indirect loss as a result of the direct loss suffered by the subsidiary, can bring a derivative action on behalf of the subsidiary.

Losses were alleged to have been incurred by Profit Point and Autoestate and the issue which arose was whether or not Waddington could bring derivative actions on behalf of those companies the subsidiaries) as well as on behalf of Playmates (the parent).

The new social marketing effort focuses attention on the importance of learning about healthy child development, supporting positive parenting practices and taking action on behalf of the children and families in communities.

If the court grants you sole legal custody as part of your divorce action, this means you're the only parent who can make major decisions on behalf of your children.

Contempt of court is a criminal legal action usually brought by the state child support agency on behalf of the custodial parent against a non-paying parent.

In situations where there are no barriers to visitation, and the relationship between the two parents is civil, the non-custodial parent may obtain a temporary power of attorney that allows him or her to take actions on behalf of the child during a prolonged period of visitation.

Have you made a durable power of attorney appointing a representative — a spouse, sibling or parent — to perform actions on your behalf such as pay bills and make your financial decisions?