Sentences with phrase «decision by a minority»

Numerous studies and research consistently support the decision by a minority of school districts to have only one transition.

Not exact matches

Oakland's decision to drive equity into the marijuana legislation assures minority ownership and seeks to compensate for discrimination against those affected by earlier laws.

In particular, the speech singles out the government's decision late last year to all but limit investment by state - owned enterprises in the oilpatch to minority stakes.

A minority government would breathe new life into Alberta's Legislative Assembly, which has largely become a rubber - stamp for decisions made behind closed doors by PC cabinet ministers and MLAs.

Therefore the pertinent debate regarding black hiring is never «merit vs. race» but whether hiring decisions will be based on merit, influenced by race - bias against blacks, or on merit, influenced by race - bias, but with special consideration for minorities as mandated by law.

If they don't, if they succumb to the outcry of what almost inevitably is a vocal minority, they are teaching precisely the wrong lesson — that any decision by any duly constituted body can be reversed, if only you're loud enough.

Unlike that of the dominant group, the culture of some of the minority groups did not make decisions using Robert's Rules of Order or by politicking.

In fact, if Christian witness in public life is the goal, this teaching ministry is to be preferred to the clerical leaders of the church controlling the decisions and activities of their lay members by communal dictate which is usually based on communal minority self - interests and rights and not on concern for the total neighbourhood.

Several prominent writers, including Michael Gerson of the Washington Post, rightfully challenged this recent legal decision by a local German court in Cologne, which would effectively criminalize ritual circumcision for infant males as an exercise of religious freedom for minority religious communities in the country.

Child - free marriage is viewed as a minority decision, but one that can be responsibly made by those concerned with overpopulation or those whose personal careers and psychological capacities do not dispose them to parenting.

Commissioner Larry Newton, who is often in the minority on votes and opposed Peck's hiring, said he was not completely surprised by Peck's decision given recent developments.

Dealing with the minority parties, therefore, requires lots political tactfulness and diplomacy, however, the NPP appears unperturbed in this period, when most of them appear badly injured, following the daring decision by the Electoral Commission (EC) to disqualify them for failing to meet the criteria set out in the Constitutional Instrument (CI 94) governing the conduct of the 2016 elections.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins did not praise the constitutional amendment that would codify the Roe v. Wade decision in state law as backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday, indicating more urgency was needed on the issue.

He said the Minority will be pursuing the matter to ensure that any decision to clear the debts of UT and Capital banks is duly sanctioned by Parliament.

The Assembly proposal is for an eight - person committee to conduct interviews, with four appointments by the Assembly Democrats and, in light of the decision from Senate Republicans, two apiece from the minority conferences.

The decision by the Michigan lawmaker — who has held his seat since 1965 and who denies the harassment allegations — followed several days of internal deliberation and pressure from Democratic colleagues, including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who wanted Conyers to leave the high - profile post but didn't want to be seen as forcing him out.

On the subject of whether those who have befitted from campaign contributions from hedge fund manager Dan Loeb, who was forced to apologize after making remarks on Facebook that compared Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who, like Heastie, is African American, to the KKK, the speaker said that is an individual decision that should be made by the recipients — whoever they may be.

The decision to write the CJN arose from a point of order which was raised by the Deputy Minority Leader of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, who called the attention of the chamber to newspaper reports indicating the decision of the Abuja to stop the process of amendments.

Even if an election is influenced by a minority it is still a democratic decision; the majority could have voted differently (or voted at all).

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer deemed Trump's DACA decision a «heartless» affront to Americans motivated by partisan politics.

Together with Citizens United, this decision guts our campaign finance system and opens the door to corruption by handing a small minority of wealthy individuals the power to exercise undue influence over our government.»

SJuan correctly argues that these words were never supported by any significant actions (laws, Government decisions etc.) and this is also emphasized by the presence of Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania in the Government (as of now, they are officially in the opposition, but they support current coalition) who ensures some checks and balances when taking decisions that might affect the Hungarian minority.

The Office of the Former President has noted a regrettable pattern of false and inaccurate information put out by the Chief Executive of COCOBOD intended to slander the former President as a way of covering up bad management practices and decisions identified and highlighted by the NDC Minority in Parliament about the country's cocoa sector.

The savage cuts to local authority spending and the decision by the Coalition Government to end ring - fenced funding for the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant is having a major adverse impact on the help schools can give to ethnic minority pupils, the research haMinority Achievement Grant is having a major adverse impact on the help schools can give to ethnic minority pupils, the research haminority pupils, the research has shown.

Mr. Mahama's office, described such claims as only «intended to slander the former President as a way of covering up bad management practices and decisions identified and highlighted by the NDC Minority in Parliament about the country's cocoa sector.»

To this end, The Office of the Former President, charged Boahene Aidoo's management to address the bad management practices and decisions identified and highlighted by the NDC Minority in Parliament about the country's cocoa sector, instead of covering up.

Politicians can be overly affected by vocal minorities - sometimes the decision that causes 5 % of people not to vote for you would be the best decision for the country (think for example people in an industry who want to maximise their conditions).

Though she was making history by leading a conference, Stewart - Cousins, the Senate Democratic minority leader from Westchester County, still saw herself as on the outside of real decision - making.

Members of the Minority on Parliament's Appointment Committee say they were forced to boycott today's vetting over the Majority's decision to «surprise» them by holding the vetting in spite of an agreement to go on break today [Wednesday], ahead of Easter.

The statement comes in the face of blistering attacks from the minority condemning the decision by the court to free the suspects.

The Minority Spokesperson on Constitutional, Parliamentary and Legal Affairs, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, has defended a decision by the United States Government to deny former Ghanaian Presidents access to protocol visas for unofficial travels.

In response to criticisms by the Minority in Parliament, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has said its decision to do away with the free fertilizer policy was in response to requests and complaints by farmers.

COCOBOD has debunked assertions by the Minority group in Parliament that government is offering cocoa producers a terrible deal by its decision not to increase cocoa producer price due to fall in world market price.

Ulster County Legislature Minority Leader Ken Ronk said he, too, was disappointed by the decision but hopes the Sullivan County casino will «provide some economic impact to the region.»

A portion of the article reads: «On issues of pure politics, and going by which party appointed them; the way they have historically voted on political issues; and their posture and voting pattern during the Election Petition Case of 2012; and in the case of a non-unanimous decision, the majority of the current panel of the Supreme Court will likely rule in favour of the stance preferred by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in this case and the minority for the stance of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).»

The union is hoping to reverse, Vergara v. State of California, a landmark decision that concluded California's teacher tenure and dismissal process violates students» rights by leaving low - income and minority students with the worst teachers.

There have also been suggestions from the Minority that the BNI report was done to cover up the illegalities that had gone on at BOST and that the Energy Minister's decision to exonerate the MD might have been influenced by orders from senior figures in government.

On issues of pure politics, and going by which party appointed them; the way they have historically voted on political issues; and their posture and voting pattern during the Election Petition Case of 2012; and in the case of a non-unanimous decision, the majority of the current panel of the Supreme Court will likely rule in favour of the stance preferred by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in this case and the minority for the stance of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

«Although this study of clinicians from surgical and other related specialties did not demonstrate any association between implicit race or social class bias and clinical decision making, existing biases might influence the quality of care received by minority patients and those of lower socioeconomic status in real - life clinical encounters.

Washington — The chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in strongly worded letters to the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General, has warned that a recent decision by a federal district judge could be interpreted as exempting local school programs funded under the new federal education block grant from compliance with civil - rights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and minorities.

After 1974, however, school integration efforts outside the South were stymied by the Supreme Court's 5 - 4 decision in Milliken v. Bradley, which prohibited heavily minority urban systems from including nearby suburbs in desegregation plans.

He added: «I think the majority of members will want to give the government the benefit of the doubt but there will be a minority of members that are upset by the decision.

That decision was a major defeat for a coalition of state education groups, including the CTA, the state PTA and the California School Boards Association, along with advocates for minority students, led by the nonprofit law firm Public Advocates, which brought the related lawsuits six years ago.

A vigorous dissent by three judges, argued, «By erroneously affirming the district court's decision, we allow the State of California to perpetuate discrimination against qualified minority teachers, who are already seriously underrep - resented in the California public school system, and, derivatively, against minority students as well.&raquby three judges, argued, «By erroneously affirming the district court's decision, we allow the State of California to perpetuate discrimination against qualified minority teachers, who are already seriously underrep - resented in the California public school system, and, derivatively, against minority students as well.&raquBy erroneously affirming the district court's decision, we allow the State of California to perpetuate discrimination against qualified minority teachers, who are already seriously underrep - resented in the California public school system, and, derivatively, against minority students as well.»

By allowing states to ditch racial, ethnic, and economic subgroup categories and replace them with a super-subgroup subterfuge that commingles poor and minority students into one, the administration is making it difficult for families, especially black, Latino, and Asian families who are joining the middle class for the first time and moving into suburbia — to get the information they need to make smart decisions for their kids, and impede them from helping to advance systemic reform.

By ensuring opportunities for minority and low - income communities to influence the transportation planning and decision - making processes through enhanced engagement and meaningful input, the Department actively prevents disproportionately high and adverse effects of transportation projects on minority and low - income communities.

In addition, the Company expects the judge hearing the Company's long running litigation with the former minority owners of the Company's Haru segment to issue a decision in the case shortly which will require the Company to make a payment of at least $ 3.7 million (the amount offered by the Company) and as much as $ 10 million (the amount sought by the former minority owners).

[14][15] But in October 2011 ArcelorMittal pulled out from the US$ 5 billion joint bid at the last minute, a decision made as a result of being in debt and no longer has the capacity to allocate capital for a «minority business interest», according to a statement released by the company.

Following the decision, three other courts adopted this minority position that brand - name manufacturers can be liable for injuries caused by the generic version of their drug.

The Court judgment only obliged the Commission to give further explanation for its decision, but they responded last week by registering the Minority Safepak ECI without requiring modification of the proposals.