Sentences with phrase «measure as a civil rights»

Advocates have portrayed the District of Columbia measure as a civil rights issue, saying studies have shown that African Americans are disproportionately more likely to be arrested on marijuana charges than are people of other races.

Rice cast the measure as a civil rights concern.

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New York's Westchester County Board of Legislators has passed a bill portrayed as a civil rights measure that blocks businesses from asking job candidates» salary histories.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER As the Empire State Pride Agenda (ESPA) prepares to lead roughly 700 LGBT advocates to the State Capitol in Albany for the group's annual Equality and Justice Day lobbying effort on April 30, supporters of a decade - old transgender civil rights measure are stepping up the push to secure Senate passage this -LSB-...]

As were a long - stalled transgender civil rights measure — the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA)-- and a bill that would bar mental health professionals from providing so - called «reparative therapy» (known in the legislation as «sexual orientation change efforts,» or SOCE) on patients who are minorAs were a long - stalled transgender civil rights measure — the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA)-- and a bill that would bar mental health professionals from providing so - called «reparative therapy» (known in the legislation as «sexual orientation change efforts,» or SOCE) on patients who are minoras «sexual orientation change efforts,» or SOCE) on patients who are minors.

The measure is supported by groups as varied as the American Civil Liberties Union on the left and the Virginia Tea Party Patriots Federation on the right.

Although under some laws HBO may have a right to an award of attorneys» fees and expenses if it prevails in an arbitration, HBO agrees that it will seek such an award only in the event that the substance of your claim or the relief sought has been deemed by the arbitrator to be frivolous or brought for an improper purpose (as measured by the standards set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 (b)-RRB-.

Then the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) decided to add a measure of chronic absenteeism — defined as the proportion of students missing 15 or more school days — in its 2013 - 14 Civil Rights Data Collection.

The Reporter was founded in 1972 by John A. McDermott to measure Chicago's progress toward racial equality as the civil rights era ended.

From the embarrassment of approving abysmally low — and Plessy v. Ferguson - like — proficiency targets (including that for Virginia, which had only required districts to ensure that 57 percent of black students and 65 percent of Latino peers were proficient in math by 2016 - 2017), to complaints from House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Minority Member George Miller and civil rights - based reformers about how the administration allowed states such as South Dakota to count General Education Development certificates in their graduation rate calculations (and minimize graduation rates as a factor in accountability measures), the administration finds itself contending with complaints from civil rights - based reformers as well as from centrist Democrats finally acknowledging the high cost of their push for revamping No Child at any cost.

· Create robust measures that utilize all of the data [and related indicators] available via required reporting at the U.S. Department of Education such as: the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and related reporting with the SPP, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the Civil Rights Data Collection.

And considering that Virginia has done little to address its educational woes — including addressing the mere one - percent decline in the percentage of young black men in fourth - grade mired in functional illiteracy (as measured on the National Assessment of Educational Progress) between 2003 and 2011 — Gov. Bob McDonnell, state Supt. Patricia Wright, and their colleagues were rightfully shamed by reformers and civil rights activists into revamping those targets (and the Obama administration, which also moved to push Virginia into revising them, deserves criticism for accepting those low targets in the first place).

As civil rights groups accuse the educational system of racial bias, some observers argue that implementation of less - punitive measures of discipline may make schools more unsafe.

In addition to the official IAEG global indicators — measuring the proportion of victims of violence that report their victimization to the police as well as unsentenced detainees as a proportion of the overall prison population — WJP's Index scores provide a holistic picture of the accessibility, affordability, impartiality, and effectiveness of civil justice systems, and of the capacity of criminal justice systems to investigate and adjudicate criminal offenses through an impartial system that protects the rights of victims and the accused.

With the decision to penalise made by the Judicial Department of the Shandong province, Zhu has become the first ever lawyer to be forcefully stripped of his practising licence by administrative measure, not as a result of any professional misconduct but of exercising his civil right of expression.

In sum, this sub-factor measures the ability of a citizenry to effectively protect their civil (as opposed to criminal) rights and obtain redress for their civil grievances.

«The linguistic differences between Pt 5 and s 340... are not so pressing as to yield a conclusion that the legislature enacting Pt 7 intended, in the contest of criminal measures, to strike a the balance between civil rights and the protection of the public at a markedly different place from where, as authority shows, it lies in relation to Pt 5.

«Civil rights groups and others view ban - the - box initiatives as important toward re-entry efforts by ex-offenders, the argument being that these measures reduce unfair barriers to employment for those with criminal records,» said Montserrat Miller, a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Arnall Golden Gregory.

These measures overtly discriminate against aboriginal peoples, infringe their right of self - determination and stigmatize already stigmatized communities... As currently configured and carried out, the Emergency Response is incompatible with Australia's obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights....