Sentences with phrase «children access to an adequate education»

While the U.S. Supreme Court has held that education is not a «fundamental interest» under the federal constitution, most state constitutions promise children access to an adequate education.

In case lawmakers balk, a ballot initiative is in the works, as is a legal move involving a prominent Boston firm that has filed a class - action suit to lift the charter cap, arguing that it unconstitutionally denies children access to an adequate education.

First was the legislative effort, then a ballot question, and the third alternative was a lawsuit using an elite Boston law firm to «file a class - action suit to lift the charter cap» because «it unconstitutionally denies children access to an adequate education.»

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This is the modest sum which needs to be invested each year in «social support» to guarantee universal access to drinking water within ten years (1,300 million individuals did not have access in 1997), universal access to basic education (1,000 million people are illiterate), universal access to basic healthcare (17 million children die each year from easily cured illnesses), universal access to adequate nourishment (2,000 million people suffer from anemia), universal access to sanitary infrastructures and universal access for women to gynecological and obstetric care.

Also, if students with disabilities are to meet the adequate yearly progress goals set forth in the No Child Left Behind Act, they must have access to the general education curriculum.

Over 40 years ago, California's Supreme Court recognized that a child's access to an adequate education — regardless of race, ethnicity or wealth — is a fundamental right of the highest order.

Money raised through sponsorships provides a child with life - sustaining essentials including adequate nutrition, access to clean water and sanitation, health care, education and family income.