Sentences with phrase «of discriminating against students»

Otherwise you're guilty of civil rights violations — even if you had no intent of discriminating against students.

According to the guidelines schools still «violate Federal law when they evenhandedly [emphasis added] implement facially neutral policies» that were adopted with no intent to discriminate «but nonetheless have an unjustified effect of discriminating against students on the basis of race.»

Not exact matches

At least 24 of the 34 colleges and universities granted religious exemptions based on their beliefs about gender identity also received waivers allowing them to discriminate against gay and lesbian students and employees, citing faith - based prohibitions against homosexual sex, the Human Rights Campaign said.

«What we want students to know is schools are serious about this, that they have gone out of their way to make sure they have the legal ability to discriminate against LGBT students,» said Sarah Warbelow, the campaign's legal director.

BI: Harvard has agreed to hand over years of confidential applicant records to the DOJ, who will then decide whether they've been discriminating against Asian - American students.

The undemocratic class bias in education extends even farther than the tests that automatically discriminate against students from the lower social and economic strata of society.

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.&raquof 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.&raquOf 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.»

The 504 Plan takes its name from Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a federal law that prohibits schools that receive federal funding from excluding or otherwise discriminating against a student with a «disability» solely on the basis of that disability.6 A «disability» under Section 504 is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act (ADAA) as a «physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities.»

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.

«The seven Orthodox members of that board, Jewish members of that board, discriminate against the black and Latino students in that district.

The Distance Education Students Association of Ghana (DESAG), has accused the Ministry of Education of discriminating against it members in a recent recruitment exercise.

The United Kingdom's Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) of 1995 makes it illegal for employers and education providers to discriminate against disabled employees and students.

Jennifer Story, national deputy chair for CFS, said under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, they are questioning whether the law is fair or if it discriminates against students.

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.

In January 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (ED) jointly released a «Dear Colleague Letter» containing guidance on how schools should avoid discriminating against students on the basis of race when administering disciplinary action.

Charter school advocates accuse district leaders of discriminating against them and their students; district officials...

The suit, filed in 1989, alleged that district officials intentionally discriminated against black students by building several new schools in predominantly white sections of the Las Vegas Valley while building none on the city's heavily black west side.

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.

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.

Such districts should be held to account — but only if OCR can identify compelling evidence that their officials intended to discriminate against certain groups of students.

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.»

When the focus was on students, all readily agreed that it would be unfair to discriminate against certain kids simply because of the type of public school they attend.

For this starter activity, students are given the answer: This is when a person discriminates against someone because of their race or religion.

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.

Tests unfairly discriminate against schools with low income students, students of color and students with disabilities.

In February, DeVos referred to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as «real pioneers when it comes to school choice,» failing to mention that these institutions emerged to serve black students who were being shut out of institutions of higher education that were discriminating against them.70 And President Trump has also shown a lack of appreciation for the history of racism in the country.71

63 out of 133 schools removed requirements that discriminate against or deter undocumented students.

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.

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.

Importantly, the bill did nothing to stop private schools from taking public dollars and discriminating against students on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or ability.

Lawmakers seek massive expansion of voucher scheme that discriminates against LGBT students

Voucher schools discriminate against students with special needs and have a track record of «counseling out» under - performing students and sending them back to public schools.

Many of them openly discriminate against gay students and students with gay parents.

The declaration — signed by Justice and Education department officials — will describe what schools should do to ensure that none of their students are discriminated against.

Ball also reported that officials with the N.C. School Boards Association have identified private schools across the state that openly discriminate against students and families despite receiving public funding, putting gay parents in the position of having their tax dollars paying for schools that have a policy of refusing admission to their children.

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.

Matt, enough... You of all people know that AF schools discriminate against non-English speaking families, they refuse to take their fair share of students who need special education services, they out - migrate any students with behavioral issues, they engage in discipline policies that most would consider child abuse, they refuse to hire or certify their teachers in appropriate numbers...

Schools receiving Opportunity Scholarship funds discriminate against students on the basis of religion and sexual identity.

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Glazier also put forth an amendment that would prevent private schools that receive vouchers from discriminating against students on the basis of race and sexual orientation.

Unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory because the Common Core SBAC test fails to measure what has actually been taught in the classroom, that the SBAC test is based on materials that is more than two to three levels above grade level, that the SBAC test pass / fail score is calibrated to fail the majority of public schools students and that the SBAC test is particularly unfair because it discriminates against those who face English Language barriers or need special education services.

Washington's justification for discriminating against students like Michael, Rachael and Skyler is a pair of state constitutional provisions with dubious origins: «All schools maintained or supported wholly or in part by the public funds shall be forever free from sectarian control or influence.»

Yet, as long as we use government force to discriminate against people based on their bank accounts and ZIP codes, I will continue to have students who, on the first day of class, have no idea how far behind they are — all while sitting next to other students who enjoyed educational liberty that every child deserves.

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«Nevada's voucher program allows private religious schools to use taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate and discriminate against students on the basis of religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, and other grounds,» she added.

The office investigates also whether schools» student discipline policies discriminate against students of color, and if schools are adhering to Title IX guidance barring discrimination against transgender students.

Extera Public Schools do not discriminate against any student on the basis of ethnicity, gender, national origin, or disability.

As the Trump administration seeks to expand school choice nationwide, the academy was thrust into the national spotlight last month as part of a heated debate over whether schools that receive money from taxpayer - funded vouchers can discriminate against certain groups of students, such as LGBT children or students with disabilities.

But at a congressional hearing, Senate Democrats cited it as an example of a school that discriminates against LGBT students.

We're asking parents, students, and other community advocates to join us in the fight to maintain the federal school discipline guidance, which is a critical tool that can help schools and districts reduce the use of practices that push students out of school (e.g. suspensions and expulsions) and prevent them from disciplining in ways that discriminate against students of color.