Sentences with phrase «discriminate against students for»

and the schools are not allowed to hand - pick or discriminate against students for any reason.

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According to a lawsuit filed by parents with the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, New York State has systematically discriminated against districts with black, Latino, and poor students by inadequately funding their education.
Their federal class - action lawsuit says that for almost a decade the district has discriminated against refugee students over 16.
The United Kingdom's Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) of 1995 makes it illegal for employers and education providers to discriminate against disabled employees and students.
Jennifer Story, national deputy chair for CFS, said under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, they are questioning whether the law is fair or if it discriminates against students.
Students report being targeted for their differences and for belonging to a cultural, religious, or racial group that is discriminated against.
Wyoming, for instance, expressly prohibits charter schools from discriminating against students with special needs in enrollment decisions.
For this starter activity, students are given the answer: This is when a person discriminates against someone because of their race or religion.
In February, DeVos referred to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as «real pioneers when it comes to school choice,» failing to mention that these institutions emerged to serve black students who were being shut out of institutions of higher education that were discriminating against them.70 And President Trump has also shown a lack of appreciation for the history of racism in the country.71
Ball also reported that officials with the N.C. School Boards Association have identified private schools across the state that openly discriminate against students and families despite receiving public funding, putting gay parents in the position of having their tax dollars paying for schools that have a policy of refusing admission to their children.
Make special education students eligible for education by exclusion so you can say you're not discriminating against them.
Washington's justification for discriminating against students like Michael, Rachael and Skyler is a pair of state constitutional provisions with dubious origins: «All schools maintained or supported wholly or in part by the public funds shall be forever free from sectarian control or influence.»
This is the office that takes complaints from parents who say their children are being discriminated against for their disability, and from students who claim that their university's process for investigating campus sexual assault fails to meet Title IX requirements.
In 2011, opponents of parental choice asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the Milwaukee voucher program for allegedly discriminating against students with disabilities.
To acknowledge concerns related to marginalization and institutional bias associated with transgender students; state the association's opposition to legislation and policies that discriminate against transgender students; and to provide recommendations for federal, state, and local policymakers and school leaders on how to better support transgender students in the K - 12 education system.
In addition, Connecticut's charter schools are notorious for discriminating against Latino students, students who require additional help learning the English language, children who need special education services and those who display disciplinary problems.
Mystic Valley Charter School is in the news again for discriminating against Black students who...
On August 23, 2016, the United States Department of Justice filed suit against the State of Georgia for discriminating against thousands of public school students with behavior and emotional disabilities Continue Reading →
[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.
«If education is supposed to be the civil rights issue of this era, why does Connecticut's new system for rating schools and districts discriminate against our most vulnerable students?
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.
It would be hard to fathom support for this type of legislation that willfully discriminates against the neediest of students.
More taxpayer funding for voucher schools that openly discriminate against LGBT students and parents
Considering that the home district is responsible for paying all of the costs associated with providing needed services to special education students in charter schools, the schools aren't discriminating against students with disabilities because of financial reasons, they simply refuse to provide educational opportunities to any students that don't fit the «profile» they wish to serve.
«These universities are saying, «Our policy is nondiscrimination, so we're not going to adopt a technology we know for sure discriminates against blind students,»» said Chris Danielsen, a spokesman for the National Federation for the Blind.
Without this amendment, we are discriminating against future students, because there will be no funds available for them to get an 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.
Trinity Western University may have been given the green light for its law school by the B.C. government and preliminary approval from the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, but many in the legal community are calling on provincial law societies to be more vocal against the school whose policies will discriminate against LGBTQ students and staff.
Acted for a BC school board in a human rights matter brought by parents of a dyslexic child who alleged that the school district had discriminated against the student by failing to provide adequate accommodations
It discriminates against students with print disability, who should be granted a reasonable quota of AF for any book in the library.
Additionally, although private schools are not required to follow the procedures set out in the Education Act and accompanying regulations for exceptional pupils, they are required to follow the Ontario Human Rights Code and so can not discriminate against students and must accommodate special needs to the point of «undue hardship» — unless the contract with parents requires the school to provide specific accommodations.
Amy Price Garrison (BA» 79) and Frank M. Garrison Jr.,»79 (BA» 76) generously established the Amy and Frank Garrison Social Justice Law Fund to support Vanderbilt Law students providing services to or for the general benefit of individuals who may have been disenfranchised, dispossessed, discriminated against, or economically disadvantaged.
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