Sentences with phrase «education under our state constitution»

The state's highest court this month ruled against a coalition of poor rural districts, which claimed that significant differences between rich and poor jurisdictions violated the right to an education under the state constitution.

LOS ANGELES — A California judge ruled Tuesday that teacher tenure laws deprived students of their right to an education under the State Constitution and violated their civil rights.

In their dissents, Liu and Cuéllar wrote that the appeals court set too high a threshold in concluding that an identifiable group of student, with common characteristics, had to be harmed — the basis for bringing a challenge involving a fundamental right to an education under the state Constitution.

Last month, a California judge in Vergara v. State of California ruled that teacher tenure laws deprive students of their right to an education under the state Constitution and violate their civil rights.

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First in his original budget, and then in the 30 - day amendments released last Friday, Cuomo placed controversial ethics and education reforms in appropriations bills, over which the Legislature is afforded very little power under the state Constitution.

Its Committee on Basic Education, which investigated the controversial tenure extension, stated that the President had no power under the 1999 Constitution (as amended) to extend the tenure of a permanent secretary, who had served out her full service length and retired in February, 2016.

The CFE lawsuit alleged that the state's funding formula was not providing an opportunity for a «sound basic education» under the state's constitution to students in the New York City.

That case, which NY State fought for a decade resolved that young people in NY have a right under our Constitution to a «sound basic education.»

The Wyoming Constitution Party, under the leadership of state party chairman Jennifer Young, is moving forward on a huge referendum drive to repeal SF 104, the «Education / Superintendent of Public Instruction bill.»

BRUCE KARAM: We want to be able to provide the sound basic education, which is guaranteed under the state constitution...

Reed is also less troublesome to Lindseth to the extent that the court's decision was based on students» equal protection rights under the state constitution rather than on the guarantee of an adequate education.

Under state constitutions, state governments have responsibility for public education.

The failure of the schools arises from their determination to cling to a position — a position clearly prohibited under the Constitution of the United States — that threatens the opportunities of children to receive the best possible 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.

To date, some 45 states have had their funding systems challenged under the education clauses of the state constitutions.

Since 1973, when the U.S. Supreme Court held that education was not a «fundamental interest» under the federal constitution, education advocates, frustrated by continuing inequities in the funding of public education, have turned to the state courts.

The organization claims that what charter schools receive, typically 60 to 75 percent of what traditional public schools receive per pupil and no funding for facilities, deprives the children of their right to a «sound basic education» under the state constitution.

The plaintiffs, a group of students and school districts, sued, arguing that several state statutes stood in the way of all students receiving the education guaranteed to them under the state constitution.

The lawsuit, filed by the nonprofit Public Interest Law Office of Rochester in September 1998, claims that the state has deprived the plaintiffs — all low - income black and Hispanic students — of their rights under the state constitution to a sound basic education by failing to alleviate concentrations of poverty in the 37,000 - student Rochester school district.

As background prep we did an exercise on the state of germany in 1871 after unification, then had a discussion of what type of constitution would be necessary, thinking about key areas of policy such as the economy, control of the military, social measures (education / health), etc and deciding whether these should be under national or regional control.

Under Florida's state constitution, students who have not been disciplined have an «absolute» right to attend their zoned regular school, said special education attorney Stephanie Langer of Coral Gables.

Currently, the Florida Education Association is challenging the constitutionality of the state's nascent ESA law under the state constitution's Blaine Amendment and other provisions.

In a document filed April 1 in Merrimack County Superior Court, the state contends that «public education is not a fundamental right» under provisions of the state constitution, according to James E. Townsend, an assistant state attorney general.

This is because the United States is a federal governmental system, and the Constitution, under which this system is governed, does not mention or consider the provision of education.

In 2010, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that «under the education clause of the state constitution, public school children are entitled not just to a free and equal education but also to an adequate (quality) education, and the state must pay for it.»

32 The New Hampshire Supreme Court likewise rejected the standing of petitioners challenging the state's scholarship tax credit law, ruling that they could not demonstrate any harm.33 The following year, citing the decisions in Arizona and New Hampshire, the Alabama Supreme Court also held that a «tax credit to a parent or a corporation... can not be construed as an «appropriation»» but rather such funds retain their status as private funds until they enter the public treasury.34 That view seems to be the prevailing one in courts, so with the possible exception of Michigan, where the state constitution explicitly prohibits tax benefits for religious education, tax credits should survive scrutiny under such provisions.

The Wright v. New York case was first filed in 2014, when nine families from across the state brought suit against the State of New York and others, claiming that teacher tenure, dismissal, and quality - blind layoff laws deprive New York children of their right to a sound basic education as guaranteed under the New York State Constitustate brought suit against the State of New York and others, claiming that teacher tenure, dismissal, and quality - blind layoff laws deprive New York children of their right to a sound basic education as guaranteed under the New York State ConstituState of New York and others, claiming that teacher tenure, dismissal, and quality - blind layoff laws deprive New York children of their right to a sound basic education as guaranteed under the New York State ConstituState Constitution.

Because education is a «fundamental interest» under the state Constitution, the five statutes that «dictate this unequal, arbitrary result violate the equal protection provisions of the California Constitution» and should be overturned.

State constitutions entrust state governments with the job of overseeing and providing public education, and gives them the leeway to structure it anyway they see fit so long as it fits under those respective constitutState constitutions entrust state governments with the job of overseeing and providing public education, and gives them the leeway to structure it anyway they see fit so long as it fits under those respective constitutstate governments with the job of overseeing and providing public education, and gives them the leeway to structure it anyway they see fit so long as it fits under those respective constitutions.

Given that Michigan state government is ultimately charged under the state constitution with providing education, Snyder and state legislators can do whatever they deem necessary in structuring public education.

Elizabeth, Thank you, However, under the Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution, provision of education is a state responsibility.

As your editor has pointed out ad nauseam, states governments are charged under their constitutions with providing public education in one form or another.

The state teachers union, the Florida Education Association, is claiming that «the tax - credit scholarships divert state money away from a quality public education system the state is required, under the Florida Constitution, to providEducation Association, is claiming that «the tax - credit scholarships divert state money away from a quality public education system the state is required, under the Florida Constitution, to provideducation system the state is required, under the Florida Constitution, to provide.»

Answer: Under the California State Constitution, all public education must be of a non-sectarian nature and the teaching or funding of any religious or faith based «public» school is...

Jepsen lightly approached the question of where Judge Thomas Moukawsher's broad indictment of public K - 12 education was right or wrong as a matter of policy, but the appeal sharply attacks the judge's legal basis for ruling that shortcomings he identified violate students» rights under the state Constitution to a free and adequate education.

He declared unconstitutional and «irrational» the way Connecticut funds and oversees local public schools; he found that the state government has the enforceable responsibility under Connecticut's constitution to provide all students an adequate education — not just the wealthy suburban kids who rank first nationwide in reading scores, but also the many «functionally illiterate» high - school graduates from the 30 poorest Connecticut school districts, which rank below Mississippi and 39 other states in those same scores.

SB280 (Brewbaker) and HB389 (McMillan)-- Current law states a county superintendent of education may be elected if authorized under a local law or amendment to the Constitution of Alabama.

In 2005, the Public School Forum published the results of its eleventh biennial study group, offering detailed strategies to provide every child in the state with an equal opportunity to obtain a sound basic education, as guaranteed under the North Carolina Constitution.1 Public School Forum (2005).

Since the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court Decision in San Antonio School District v. Rodriguez, which established that public education is not a right under the federal Constitution, state courts have been the battlegrounds for resolving disputes regarding public education finance systems.

The Florida public - school establishment is suing to repeal the Sunshine State's 13 - year - old school - choice tax credit and its new education savings accounts under the state's Blaine Amendment and its «uniformity clause,» which mandates that «Adequate provision shall be made by law for a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free public schools...» The Florida Supreme Court previously struck down the state's voucher program under this provision in Bush v. Holmes (2006), on the grounds that the vouchers «divert [ed] public dollars» from «the sole means set out in the Constitution for the state to provide for the education of Florida's children.&rState's 13 - year - old school - choice tax credit and its new education savings accounts under the state's Blaine Amendment and its «uniformity clause,» which mandates that «Adequate provision shall be made by law for a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free public schools...» The Florida Supreme Court previously struck down the state's voucher program under this provision in Bush v. Holmes (2006), on the grounds that the vouchers «divert [ed] public dollars» from «the sole means set out in the Constitution for the state to provide for the education of Florida's children.&rstate's Blaine Amendment and its «uniformity clause,» which mandates that «Adequate provision shall be made by law for a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free public schools...» The Florida Supreme Court previously struck down the state's voucher program under this provision in Bush v. Holmes (2006), on the grounds that the vouchers «divert [ed] public dollars» from «the sole means set out in the Constitution for the state to provide for the education of Florida's children.&rstate's voucher program under this provision in Bush v. Holmes (2006), on the grounds that the vouchers «divert [ed] public dollars» from «the sole means set out in the Constitution for the state to provide for the education of Florida's children.&rstate to provide for the education of Florida's children.»

Gresham asked Attorney General Robert Cooper whether the current statutes or state law in effect prior to July 1, 2011 governing permanent employment violate students» rights to a free education under the equal protection provisions of the Tennessee or U.S. Constitution.

1) Whether the current statutes or state law in effect prior to July 1, 2011 governing permanent employment violate students» rights to a free education under the equal protection provisions of the Tennessee or U.S. Constitution.

«We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution» is a national civic education program developed and directed by the Center for Civic Education under the Education for Democracy Act approved by the United States education program developed and directed by the Center for Civic Education under the Education for Democracy Act approved by the United States Education under the Education for Democracy Act approved by the United States Education for Democracy Act approved by the United States Congress.

While, for instance, responsibilities for education and health are shared between the Commonwealth, States and Territories, responsibility for record - keeping and access resides separately with each jurisdiction; that for juvenile justice and welfare lies with the States and Territories, and the Commonwealth has «special» responsibility for Indigenous people under s 51 (26) of the Constitution (the races power), as well as for Australia's international human rights obligations by way of its Executive power to ratify treaties and its power to «incorporate» them into domestic law under s 51 (29) of the Constitution.