Sentences with phrase «not discriminate against any student»

Not to mention legal mandates — which you'll note I purposefully didn't even broach until now — which, of course, require that public charters not discriminate against students with disabilities.
However, like traditional public schools, charter schools must admit all students who wish to attend and may not discriminate against students, including those who are low income, English learners, or struggling academically.
Not to mention legal mandates - which you'll note I purposefully didn't even broach until now - which, of course, require that public charters not discriminate against students with disabilities.
Extera Public Schools do not discriminate against any student on the basis of ethnicity, gender, national origin, or disability.
A mastery exam is supposed to measure knowledge in a uniform and fair manner, and not discriminate against students on the basis of income or whether they have desktops, laptops and computer tablets at home.
[23] Despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that states may not discriminate against students enrolling in K - 12 public schools on the basis of their legal status, clear guidelines do not exist for higher education.
At a meeting held at the Department of Education (ED) in Washington today, conservative groups, parents and some teachers asked the Department to rescind federal guidance issued under the Obama administration, ensuring that school districts aren't discriminating against students through their discipline policies and practice.
While private schools that receive vouchers through the program can not discriminate against students with disabilities, they are also not required to offer special education services beyond those that can be provided with «minor adjustments» to their educational program.2 This means that schools can deny admission outright to students such as Trinity if their needs are considered too severe.
Considering that the home district is responsible for paying all of the costs associated with providing needed services to special education students in charter schools, the schools aren't discriminating against students with disabilities because of financial reasons, they simply refuse to provide educational opportunities to any students that don't fit the «profile» they wish to serve.
Chattanooga State Community College does not discriminate against students, employees, or applicants for admission or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, disability, age, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, or any other legally protected class with respect to all employment, programs and activities sponsored by Chattanooga State.
Additionally, although private schools are not required to follow the procedures set out in the Education Act and accompanying regulations for exceptional pupils, they are required to follow the Ontario Human Rights Code and so can not discriminate against students and must accommodate special needs to the point of «undue hardship» — unless the contract with parents requires the school to provide specific accommodations.

Not exact matches

According the Fortune, the university has had the same nondiscrimination policy since the early 1990s, and it wasn't until a gay student alleged he was discriminated against by the Beta Upsilon Chi fraternity based on his sexual orientation that questions about the policy arose.
It could say that it is not discriminating against the LGBT Student Alliance; it is only following a consistent policy on advocacy against church teaching.
Said the president of the student senate: «Of course, there's a strong Catholic tradition here, but I don't think the way to uphold it is to discriminate essentially against non-Catholics who may be qualified.»
Eva S. Moskowitz says her network of charter schools has room to improve in how it serves students with disabilities but does not discriminate against them.
New York's Utica City School District has reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit that says it discriminated against refugee students and did not let them enroll at Thomas R. Proctor High School, shown here.
New York's Utica City School District is facing two lawsuits in federal court that say it discriminated against refugee students and did not let them enroll at Thomas R. Proctor High School, shown here.
Charter Schools Do Not Appear to Discriminate Against Special Education Students Students with disabilities more likely to remain in charters than in district schools
U.S. District Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter of Philadelphia said March 16 that granting such a stay would not «further the public interest» because the NCAA's minimum college - admissions - test scores were found to discriminate against African - American student athletes.
And there is a reason why students learning about the plight of the homeless, the refugee, the hungry, the member of a minority group who is discriminated against, and the like are not moved to action with greater frequency.
The package included a «Dear Colleague» letter, issued jointly by DOE and DOJ, warning against intentional racial discrimination but also stating that schools unlawfully discriminate even «if a policy is neutral on its face — meaning that the policy itself does not mention race — and is administered in an evenhanded manner but has a disparate impact, i.e., a disproportionate and unjustified effect on students of a particular race.»
Discrimination Cashless catering systems also ensure that those students who receive free school meals are not discriminated against.
«The current system not only discriminates against low - income kids, but it also stops these great public schools from serving more students
Pathways In Education does not charge students tuition and does not discriminate against any pupil on the basis of ethnicity, national origin, gender or disability.
whether she could think of any circumstance in which the federal government should step in to stop federal dollars from going to private schools that discriminate against certain groups of students, DeVos did not directly answer.
Like the Common Core test itself, the entire testing effort discriminates against poorer children, children who aren't fluent in the English Language and students who are not getting the special education services they need.
Ignoring Connecticut's collapsing fiscal situation, the Governor and legislature actually handed the charter schools even more scarce public funds, even though those schools discriminate against Connecticut children by refusing to accept and educate their fair share of students who require special education services and those who aren't proficient in the English language and therefore need additional English language services.
Make special education students eligible for education by exclusion so you can say you're not discriminating against them.
Achievement First — Hartford should not be able to use taxpayer dollars, and certainly shouldn't be able to expand, as long as they appear to have policies in place that serve to discriminate against students and families who speak Spanish or face language barriers or discriminate against students who have special education needs.
«But there is nothing stopping charter schools from ceasing their discriminating against SPED and high - needs students; they do not need a policy to do what they are legally required to do.
School choice opponents say that «choice» not only siphons resources from traditional systems but also promotes segregation, discriminates against students with the most severe disabilities, and fights against public oversight.
«Parents don't know that Celerity can actually discriminate against students.
Order the defendants to cease using a funding system that does not provide adequate funding where students can meet state standards and which discriminates against low wealth districts; and
Order the defendants to create and maintain a constitutional school funding system that will enable all students to meet state academic standards and does not discriminate against low - wealth school district.
The truth is that Malloy has not announced a moratorium on additional charter schools until mechanisms are developed and put in place that will ensure that taxpayer funds are not being misused, wasted or stolen and that charter schools must not discriminate against Latinos, non-English speaking students and students with special educational needs.
One can only assume that Polis doesn't like the fact that Ravitch (and many other pro-education advocates) have revealed the fact that charter schools traditionally «increase» their standardized test scores by «creaming» off the best students, discriminating against non-English speaking students and refusing to take their fair share of students who need special education services.
A father of two children, Mr. Castañeda, argued that the school district of Raymondville, TX was discriminating against his children on the basis of national origin and race by not providing sufficient educational programming to help them overcome their language barriers, and thus were not allowed the same educational opportunities as other students.
Tell them they can't discriminate against public charter school parents and students.
As more and more parents understand, the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) Testing program unfairly discriminates against poor students, students who aren't fluent in the English language and students who require special education services.
Like all standardized tests, the Common Core SBAC discriminates against students who come from poor households, students who are not fluent in the English language and students who have special education needs.
(3) Order the defendants to create and maintain a constitutional school funding system that will enable all students to meet state academic standards and does not discriminate against low - wealth school districts.»
and the schools are not allowed to hand - pick or discriminate against students for any reason.
Excellent point — and now Charters are not required by law or policy to reduce racial isolation in fact, nearly every single charter school in CT is more racial isolated than the community they draw from and consistently discriminate against Latino Students, students who aren't fluent in the English Language and students who require special education sStudents, students who aren't fluent in the English Language and students who require special education sstudents who aren't fluent in the English Language and students who require special education sstudents who require special education services.
Most educators do not consciously or intentionally stereotype students or discriminate against them; they usually try to treat all students fairly and equitably.
«These universities are saying, «Our policy is nondiscrimination, so we're not going to adopt a technology we know for sure discriminates against blind students,»» said Chris Danielsen, a spokesman for the National Federation for the Blind.
The complainants alleged that Webber Academy discriminated against the Students by not allowing them to perform short prayers on campus in accordance with their religious beliefs.
Whether or not this is intended to discriminate against LGBTQ students, it obviously does discriminate.
The Covenant discriminates against those persons, in that students who are married to opposite sex spouses are not at risk but students who are married to same sex spouses (assuming they are having sex!)
TWU «can be anti-gay, they can truly believe that, they can think it, they can say it, they can pray about it, they can write about it, they can lecture about it, but they can't take that additional step of discriminating against gay applicants and gay students,» she tells Legal Feeds.
In this Canada Trinity Western can lawfully discriminate against LGBT students because it operates in British Columbia, where under s. 41 of the Human Rights Code, an educational institution that promotes the interests and welfare of a common religion does not discriminate just because it grants «a preference to members of the identifiable group or class of persons».
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