Sentences with phrase «equal population as»

As the Court further explained, states must employ «honest and good faith» efforts to construct districts as nearly of equal population as practicable.

Not exact matches

On March 15, one of the contenders to become China's president for the next decade, Bo Xilai, was sacked as the Communist Party boss for Chongqing, an inland megalopolis with a population roughly equal to Canada's.

Instead of spending tax dollars on programs such as welfare, food stamps, Medicare and Social Security for some of the population, give an equal amount to everyone and be done with it.

Just some real data from wikipedia: «The likelihood of a woman having an abortion is called the abortion index, with the value of 1.0 as signed to a probability equal to a population's average.

«All the groups that make up the new American population, as opposed to the population of 50 years ago, are now participating on equal» terms, in politics and American society in general, he said.

As the worlds population explodes an equal % of nuts appear nothing unusual here.

I still don't understand how a population of people (African Americans) who fought so hard to obtain the same rights as everyone else can be so against other people who have the same blood flow as they do, are deserving of the same rights they obtained, and who should be recognized as equals as well.

The indigenous Christian and other populations enjoy the inalienable right to remain in their countries as citizens with equal rights.»

The decision said that the populations must be roughly equal not that there was any restriction on the shapes of the districts so long as they are contiguous.

In 1964, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Wesberry v. Sanders that the populations of House districts must be equal «as nearly as practicable.»

Poloncarz added, «As I've said many times, our county is actually like a small state with urban, suburban and rural areas and a population that is equal to that of five states.

Political economists, indeed, will not give it this rank; but whether we regard it as joke or earnest, it is not the less true, that, of two countries, with an equal amount of population, we may declare with positive certainty, that the wealthiest and most highly civilized is that which consumes the greatest weight of soap.

The relative increase in the non-Caucasian population could trigger equal increases in some health problems — such as diabetes and high blood pressure — that afflict some minorities at high rates.

When the two types of spin populations are roughly equal, the spins can rotate in any direction as long as neighboring spins remain anti-aligned.

Unfortunately, not all fish are created equal as commercial fish farming practices have affected many fish populations and changed the fish supply substantially.

However, even though she is certainly treated as an equal in the estate, Dido lives in a Georgian England where the economy is still very much dependant on the slave trade, where less than a third of the black population is free, and where her mere presence at the after - dinner recitals in her own home can cause looks of shock and bewilderment from the distinguished guests.

However, as one reflection on some of these demonstration makes clear, presence and participation by the white population does not equal solidarity:

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

In brief, SEAs and LEAs can use these funds towards hiring teachers and administrators, ensuring an equal distribution of quality educators (especially to lower income districts), professional development, family outreach, and providing training to better reach underserved populations such as ELLs and students with disabilities.

Detractors, however, often assert that charters siphon resources from traditional public schools without equal compensation and that they don't serve specific populations, such as special - education students, in proportion with their existence.

107; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; 29 C.F.R. Part 1614; Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government; Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low - Income Populations; Executive Order 13087, Further Amendment to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government; Executive Order 13160, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Sex, Color, National Origin, Disability, Religion, Age, Sexual Orientation, and Status as a Parent in Federally Conducted Education and Training Programs; Executive Order 13166, Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009; Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regulations governing the processing of complaints of discrimination in the Federal sector; and EEOC decisions, procedures, guidelines, and program and management directives.

About the only thing that qualified as traffic occurred on the main drag of Deadwood, with a population of less than 1,300 and what seemed like an equal number of tourists.

In addition, by the mid-19th century Europe - educated Armenian Christians began to form political groups and demand equal treatment from the Turkish government, heightening the government's mistrust of the Armenian population as a whole.

it will rapidly converge to sustainability with Geothermal drilling technologies, ultra clean coastal waters, zero population growth and women learning to have equal rights without consuming twice as much of the Earth's resources as men.

Total consumption equals population multiplied by average consumption per capita, both of which are recognized as primary drivers of human environmental impact.2

Given: (1) the misery and damage caused to the majority of the population by the problem; and, (2) the law societies» refusal to try to solve the problem, the commercial producers have a strong argument that they should be treated as equal to the ABSs in providing relief from the consequences of the law societies» breach of trust, i.e., their failure to perform the duties attendant to their monopoly over the provision of legal services.

«The federal constitutional requirement that both houses of a state legislature must be apportioned on a population basis means that, as nearly as practicable, districts be of equal population, though mechanical exactness is not required,» the Chief Justice wrote.

You can rely on her to act as an advocate for a diverse population within a company, and fight for equal access to services for all.

Instead, the right requires a state to ensure that its population enjoys the opportunity and an equal opportunity to be as healthy as possible - primarily by being able to access primary and other forms of health care and medicines when necessary, as well as enjoying a high standard of health infrastructure.

As equal broker / owners of the firm, the trio catered to the market's Asian American population and saw business boom.