Sentences with phrase «existing federal civil rights»

The materials included were intended to assist states, districts, and schools in developing policies and practices to meet existing federal civil rights laws and to promote positive school climates.

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civil unions and Federal rights for LGBT couples, outlawing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights, and ending the existing «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» policy in a way that strengthens our Armed Forces and our national security.

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This report, co-authored by Safal Partners and Public Impact for the National Charter School Resource Center, examines federal requirements under civil rights laws and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and state laws governing charter school recruitment, retention, enrollment of EL students and their accountability for EL student performance; requirements and current challenges related to EL data reporting; and whether existing laws are adequate to address the needs of this growing population of ELs in charter schools.

The book describes how federal policies can worsen existing racial inequalities in higher education and offers alternative solutions aimed to protect and advance civil rights for low - income and minority students and their colleges.

E4E teachers came to D.C. on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination to share with Secretary DeVos that the Federal Department of Education has a critical role to play in protecting the civil rights of all students and as a result must continue to highlight the disparities that exist in school discipline, investigate districts where those disparities may be caused by bias, and support the implementation of strategies to reduce punitive discipline.

While no such federal law exists, courts and the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR), as well as the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, issued significant guidance in May 2016 asserting that Title IX prohibition against sex discrimination encompasses discrimination based on a student's gender identity, including discrimination based on a student's transgender status.

This comprehensive course starts with Fair Housing, including the history of Fair Housing, the history of housing practices, the role of state and federal laws in curbing unfair practices, protected classes, risk management in Fair Housing, New York Fair Housing, the impact of Fair Housing on the real estate professional, as well as the reaction of licensees to Fair Housing, an overview of the Fair Housing Act, other Civil Rights laws that impact Fair Housing, Fair Housing - related Presidential Executive Orders, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH), criminal history and records used in Fair Housing, and emerging and existing Fair Housing issues.