Sentences with phrase «discriminate against students based»

And religious schools can discriminate against students based and gender and teachers based on religion.

At her confirmation hearing, DeVos refused to say whether she would deny federal funds to private schools that discriminate against students based on sexuality, race or special needs.

If real public schools discriminated against students based on their ethnicity, language skills or special education needs, the Courant and every other respectable media outlet, as well as every education and community advocacy organization would be calling for investigations and prosecutions.

Not exact matches

At least 24 of the 34 colleges and universities granted religious exemptions based on their beliefs about gender identity also received waivers allowing them to discriminate against gay and lesbian students and employees, citing faith - based prohibitions against homosexual sex, the Human Rights Campaign said.

According the Fortune, the university has had the same nondiscrimination policy since the early 1990s, and it wasn't until a gay student alleged he was discriminated against by the Beta Upsilon Chi fraternity based on his sexual orientation that questions about the policy arose.

The 504 Plan takes its name from Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a federal law that prohibits schools that receive federal funding from excluding or otherwise discriminating against a student with a «disability» solely on the basis of that disability.6 A «disability» under Section 504 is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act (ADAA) as a «physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities.»

In January 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (ED) jointly released a «Dear Colleague Letter» containing guidance on how schools should avoid discriminating against students on the basis of race when administering disciplinary action.

According to the guidelines schools still «violate Federal law when they evenhandedly [emphasis added] implement facially neutral policies» that were adopted with no intent to discriminate «but nonetheless have an unjustified effect of discriminating against students on the basis of race.»

That statement provoked a lawsuit by disability rights groups against DPI, which administers MPCP, based on the charge that the program discriminates in admissions against students with disabilities.

Pathways In Education does not charge students tuition and does not discriminate against any pupil on the basis of ethnicity, national origin, gender or disability.

Importantly, the bill did nothing to stop private schools from taking public dollars and discriminating against students on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or ability.

Schools receiving Opportunity Scholarship funds discriminate against students on the basis of religion and sexual identity.

[18] discriminate against students on the basis of religion and sexual identity: http://ajf.org/private-christian-schools-receiving-taxpayer-funded-school-vouchers-continue-exclude-students-basis-religion-sexual-identity/

Glazier also put forth an amendment that would prevent private schools that receive vouchers from discriminating against students on the basis of race and sexual orientation.

Unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory because the Common Core SBAC test fails to measure what has actually been taught in the classroom, that the SBAC test is based on materials that is more than two to three levels above grade level, that the SBAC test pass / fail score is calibrated to fail the majority of public schools students and that the SBAC test is particularly unfair because it discriminates against those who face English Language barriers or need special education services.

Yet, as long as we use government force to discriminate against people based on their bank accounts and ZIP codes, I will continue to have students who, on the first day of class, have no idea how far behind they are — all while sitting next to other students who enjoyed educational liberty that every child deserves.

«Nevada's voucher program allows private religious schools to use taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate and discriminate against students on the basis of religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, and other grounds,» she added.

Extera Public Schools do not discriminate against any student on the basis of ethnicity, gender, national origin, or disability.

«We should all celebrate the fact that programs designed to help students will no longer be discriminated against by the government based solely on religious affiliation,» Ms. DeVos said.

A father of two children, Mr. Castañeda, argued that the school district of Raymondville, TX was discriminating against his children on the basis of national origin and race by not providing sufficient educational programming to help them overcome their language barriers, and thus were not allowed the same educational opportunities as other students.

A mastery exam is supposed to measure knowledge in a uniform and fair manner, and not discriminate against students on the basis of income or whether they have desktops, laptops and computer tablets at home.

[23] Despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that states may not discriminate against students enrolling in K - 12 public schools on the basis of their legal status, clear guidelines do not exist for higher education.

Chattanooga State Community College does not discriminate against students, employees, or applicants for admission or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, disability, age, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, or any other legally protected class with respect to all employment, programs and activities sponsored by Chattanooga State.

Registration — refusing to accredit professional programs, in the public interest: Courts in three provinces have moved forward to address the power of law societies to refuse to accredit a Christian law school, based on a public interest concern about the school requiring students to sign a covenant abstaining from sexual intimacy outside of marriage between one man and one woman — a covenant that would effectively discriminate against students of certain sexual orientations.

Legal Feeds Blog Appeal court upholds racial discrimination ruling against Peel law librarian Two black lawyers and an articling student who were asked to show their IDs in a Brampton, Ont., court several years ago were discriminated against based on their race, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled Thursday.

Opponents argued the Langley university's community covenant prohibiting «sexual intimacy that violates the sacredness of marriage between a man and a woman» discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation against gay and lesbian law students and faculty.