Sentences with phrase «guarantee of an adequate education»

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.

In that case, the high court ruled that the state's heavy reliance on local property taxes for funding public education violated the state constitution's guarantee of an adequate education for New Hampshire children.

Not exact matches

Most of the cases relying on these rights have been about school funding, with the claim that unequal funding violates provisions in state constitutions that guarantee a right to an adequate education or provisions that promise equal protection.

As the recent decision in Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State of New York shows, even state constitutional guarantees of «a sound basic education» may mean no more than a «minimally adequate» education that enables a person only to hold some job, and to not «be a charge on the public fisc.»

Following two decades in which courts spurred significant reforms in our nation's neediest schools by interpreting the education clauses of their state constitutions to guarantee an «adequate» education for all students, the years 2005 to 2008 have seen a dramatic change in the judicial response to adequacy litigation.

They do so today for countless purposes, typically to claim a right to free and edgy speech on T - shirts or banners under the First Amendment, to assert rights to education of the handicapped under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and to ask for more school spending under state constitutional provisions that are said to guarantee an equitable or an adequate eeducation of the handicapped under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and to ask for more school spending under state constitutional provisions that are said to guarantee an equitable or an adequate eEducation Act, and to ask for more school spending under state constitutional provisions that are said to guarantee an equitable or an adequate educationeducation.

Although modern, well - designed facilities do not guarantee higher student achievement, some basic features that parents can look for include a well - equipped library, a collection of age - appropriate books and periodicals in addition to textbooks in each classroom, a separate lunchroom and auditorium or large classroom for meetings and presentations, and adequate physical education facilities.

But, in the context of guaranteeing that students receive an adequate education, the decision has potential consequences that deserve additional study.

Stamford is part of a statewide coalition, called the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding (CCJEF), which filed a lawsuit in 2005 claiming that ECS's flaws violate the state's constitutional guarantee to provide all children with an adequate public eEducation Funding (CCJEF), which filed a lawsuit in 2005 claiming that ECS's flaws violate the state's constitutional guarantee to provide all children with an adequate public educationeducation.

Participation in the Advisor Plan does not guarantee that the account's assets will be adequate to cover future tuition or other higher education expenses, or that the Designated Beneficiary will be admitted to or permitted to continue to attend an institution of higher education.

Perhaps the best solution would be for a bare minimum of rights and resources (like full education, health - care and a steady and adequate food supply) to be guaranteed for a single child per family with any additional child recieving no government or NGO aid (all costs must be borne by the family).

Law n. 170 of 8 October 2010 ensures that those with SLD have equality of opportunity to develop their abilities in the scholastic, social and professional fields, guaranteeing them adequate education.