Sentences with phrase «disparate impact issue»

What's more, since the decision includes extensive discussion about the many factors that should be considered when looking at a disparate impact claim, the court appears sensitive to the kinds of concerns that were identified by real estate professionals in a working group NAR created several years ago to look at the disparate impact issue.

Fox describes that the court found it was not reasonable to assume that an investigation of such a charge of favoritism of «good old boys» would encompass a disparate impact issues as well as disparate treatment.

Not exact matches

«And in such a lawsuit, a court would be authorized to issue injunctive relief — meaning a court could issue an order prohibiting the policy or practice resulting in the disparate impact.»

Using disparate impact analysis it issued profoundly misguided policies on school discipline.

The extent to which Uncle Sam should intrude himself into school discipline practices — and the extent to which «disparate impact» should intrude itself into federal civil - rights policies — are hugely important issues, with or without charter schools.

They will likely rescind the policy guidance promulgated by the Obama team that applied «disparate impact theory» to the issue of school discipline.

Joshua Dunn analyzes the ramifications of the decision in this issue (see «Disparate Impact Indeed,» legal beat, Fall 2015).

The package included a «Dear Colleague» letter, issued jointly by DOE and DOJ, warning against intentional racial discrimination but also stating that schools unlawfully discriminate even «if a policy is neutral on its face — meaning that the policy itself does not mention race — and is administered in an evenhanded manner but has a disparate impact, i.e., a disproportionate and unjustified effect on students of a particular race.»

In Alexander v. Sandoval, the Court did not address whether disparate impact regulations issued under a subsequent section of Title VI could be enforced through nonjudicial means — but only because no one had raised that issue in the case.

The extent to which Uncle Sam should intrude himself into school discipline practices — and the extent to which «disparate impact» should intrude itself into federal civil - rights policies — are hugely important issues.

Dunn argues that the Office of Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education has been using «disparate impact analysis» to issue profoundly misguided policies on school discipline and school finance.

(Los Angeles, CA) Today, the Center for Civil Rights Remedies at the Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles issued «Opportunities Suspended: The Disparate Impact of Disciplinary Exclusion From School,» a nationwide report based on an analysis of Federal government suspension - related data from the 2009 - 10 school year for grades K - 12.

More recently, the advocacy group Parents United for Responsible Education put the issue on the front burner when it filed a federal civil rights complaint against the district's retention policy because of its disparate racial impact.

The report is a joint production of NAACP, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO), the Indigenous Environmental Network and lead author and researcher Adrian Wilson, and will serve as a launching point for NAACP's campaign to address the issue of the pollution from coal fired power plants and disparate impacts on communities of color.

Fellows will work on projects that foster equity for under served and under resourced communities, and engage in issue areas that impact communities that experience disparate outcomes across the five boroughs.

Reviewing policies and procedures and identifying issues that might support a disparate impact or «pattern and practice» claim of discrimination;

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a letter August 29th that defends its use of the concept of «disparate impact» in combating employment discrimination.

The social objectives in this push seem as important as the nuanced legal issues regarding disparate impact discrimination.

In as much as the legal battle on the issue of disparate impact discrimination is going to continue, the EEOC likely has too much at stake to pull back.

The EEOC has issued guidance that requires employers to take specific steps to avoid disparate impact discrimination against protected classes.

HUD recently issued guidance cautioning housing providers that overly broad criminal history - based policies may result in disparate impact liability under the Fair Housing Act.

For instance, as Doug Chasick, CPM, president of the Peachtree Corners, Ga. - based Fair Housing Institute Inc., told JPM for the March / April issue, «There's the knotty problem of disparate impact, which essentially is a theory used in fair housing and labor law that seeks to eliminate practices that adversely affect one group of people of a protected characteristic more than another, despite landlord rules that appear neutral.