Sentences with phrase «of education lawsuits»

During his career, Dr. Valencia has served as an expert witness for plaintiffs of color in a number of education lawsuits, most recently in the 2006 federal - level Santamaria v. Dallas Independent School District segregation case in which the plaintiffs prevailed.

The North Carolina Supreme Court will hear two State Board of Education lawsuits on Feb. 7, including the board's high - profile battle with State Superintendent Mark Johnson over control of the state's public school system.

Even ranking states on the number of education lawsuits filed by families to challenge the array of near - lifetime job protections and teacher dismissal policies that harm children would have been good to determine.

Not exact matches

Telephone agents often falsely claimed the company was affiliated with the U.S. Department of Education, the lawsuit alleges.

At a meeting of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, held at the Treasury building in Washington, Perez noted that while «lawsuits have been filed» against the conflict of interest rule, «we will continue to fight those vigorously,» adding that he believes DOL is «on the right side of the law and history.»

Then came Trump's attack against District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who Trump called a «Mexican,» and «a hater,» saying he could not be an objective judge (Curiel was born in Indiana, and his Mexican father arrived in the US before Trump's Scottish - born mother) of a lawsuit involving Trump's real estate business education venture.

Two weeks ago, the Montclair Board of Education agreed to pay Ryne's family $ 2.8 million to settle a 2009 negligence lawsuit alleging the school's decision to let their son back on the field led to the 16 - year - old's death.

The family of a Montclair High School football player who died two days after collapsing in a 2008 junior varsity game agreed Monday to settle its lawsuit against the school and the township's Board of Education for $ 2.8 million, the family's lawyer said.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier today told Susan Arbetter on «The Capitol Pressroom» that the 2010 teacher evaluation law, now the subject of a contentious lawsuit between teachers unions and the state Education Department, was flawed because it's too complicated.

Look at the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit, and the court settlement there and the fact that to this day we still are owed billions and billions of dollars in education funding.

First, the state Education Department and the teachers unions must resolve a lawsuit over the evaluations or Cuomo will insert his own plan into the 30 - day amendments (taking advantage of the broad powers the governor has over the budget in New York).

Nabozny, with the help of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, won a landmark federal lawsuit (and eventually settled for close to $ 1 million) against school administrators in his home state of Wisconsin who failed to a spate of stop brutal anti-gay bullying at his school of which he was the target.

The union's advocates are expected to pressure lawmakers for an increase of at least $ 1.5 billion — a figure that education advocates have argued satisfies a lawsuit over school funding.

Meantime, the New York Civil Liberties Union recently filed a lawsuit challenging the at - large method of electing Board of Education members of the East Ramapo School District.

The removal of the schools has become a point of contention between the Education Department and state Division of Budget and is now playing out in state Supreme Court after parents brought a lawsuit against the state.

Last week, Paladino's attorney notified the state education commissioner of their plans to file a federal lawsuit and asked her to stop moving forward with three appeals to remove him from the board until it had played out in court.

The statewide teachers union filed a federal lawsuit late Wednesday over the state Department of Education's policy of requiring teachers to sign confidentiality agreements before scoring tests based on the Common Core standards.

Mount Vernon — The Board of Education of the Mount Vernon City School District, voted to have the School Attorney commence a lawsuit against the City of Mount Vernon, its officers, employees and agents, and such other persons or entities as shall be necessary to protect the interests of the Mount Vernon City School District and the educational services available to students of the District, at their Tuesday, October 18th meeting.

The lawsuits argue that teachers» due - process rights and layoff by seniority contravene the state's constitutional guarantee of a «sound, basic» education for all students.

Nixon has been very close with the Alliance for Quality Education, an organization that has been pushing the state to fulfill the terms of a lawsuit over equitable funding for school districts.

First, advocates who seek additional aid for education frequently invoke the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit and the Legislature's adoption of «Foundation Aid» in 2007, insinuating that the CFE lawsuit found that schools statewide were underfunded and that the court ordered additional funding statewide.

Meanwhile, a status conference will be held April 23rd in a courtroom on Paladino's federal civil rights lawsuit against the Board of Education.

The issue dates back to 2007 when a lawsuit was brought against the state of New York by the «Campaign for Fiscal Education.»

This suit seeks to remedy the violations that occurred at Pan American and ensure that the New York City Department of Education protects its employees» civil rights in the future,» Bharara said in announcing the lawsuit, which came a day after his office charged the city's Correction Union President Norman Seabrook with fraud and corruption.

«The Board of Education's lawsuit is pretending to be about something other than what it is,» he said.

One day after it was revealed that Carl Paladino will be suing the Buffalo Board of Education over efforts to oust him from that body, some board members are pushing back against the charge that there is a conspiracy against him The expected federal lawsuit is revealed in a letter Dennis Vacco, an...

The discussions between state Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. and teachers» union leaders are aimed at settling a lawsuit brought by the unions that threatened to block new job ratings for thousands of teachers which are due for release in June.

Advocates of increasing education funding had a setback yesterday, as the state's highest court narrowed a lawsuit that sought more money for school districts statewide.

Also at 10:30 a.m., parents of student plaintiffs will gather in front of the NYC Department of Education's headquarters at Tweed Courthouse to announce the filing of an historic class action lawsuit for failing to protect students against violence at school, Manhattan.

The endorsement is noteworthy, since Jackson was the chairman of the council's Education Committee and part of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity's lawsuit.

I fail to see how blathering on about the SIZE of NY's education «pie» relative to other states» negates the fact that «you» lost a lawsuit over the DISTRIBUTION of OUR pie within NYS... and now have defaulted on a court approved repayment plan.

When you look at Brown vs. Board of Education, that was a lawsuit.

Some lawmakers believe a lawsuit could claim that the higher number of failing city schools is in breach of state and federal law which denies each student a «sound basic education.»

A lawsuit filed in Buffalo Tuesday says the current formula is unconstitutional and that the state is falling short of its obligation to provide every student with a sound basic education.

The state Supreme Court lawsuit names the state of New York, along with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the state Assembly, Senate, budget office, Board of Regents and education commissioner.

While the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit was supposed to give the city its fair share of education aid, Walcott said city revenue would cover 61 percent of non-federal education spending in next year's budget.

The other board members seized on Paladino's comments as an opportunity to remove him from the Board of Education, despite protection under the First Amendment and his right to free speech, the lawsuit alleges.

As a part of the CFE lawsuit, education advocates tried to seek state support and funding for mandatory pre-kindergarten classes in the state's public schools.

The governor didn't seek legislative approval for December's delayed payments to school districts, an action that resulted in a still - active lawsuit from a consortium of education groups.

NEW YORK (1010 WINS)-- For the second straight year, the teachers union has filed a lawsuit to stop New York City's Department of Education from closing down 22 struggling schools.

Aside from that money, Mr. de Blasio called for the state to boost the city's share of education funds as called for by Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit settlement.

As a result of a 2006 lawsuit known as the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, the Court of Appeals, New York's highest court, ruled the state education department was not adequately funding its schools, thus violating students» constitutional right to a sound, basic education.

Also at noon, the UFT will announce a lawsuit being filed in state Supreme Court to stop the NYC Department of Education from starting school co-locations promoted by Mayor Bloomberg, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Even before a California court ruling on teacher tenure rocked the education world last week, a group of Buffalo parents were talking about a similar lawsuit.

AQE and its allies have sought a $ 1.2 billion in increase in foundation aid for education, a figure it says works to satisfy the terms of an equitable funding lawsuit.

The video of Nixon's appearance on The Today Show was distributed in an email to reporters by Billy Easton, the executive director of the Alliance for Quality Education, which has long pushed Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers to honor the terms of a lawsuit equitable educationEducation, which has long pushed Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers to honor the terms of a lawsuit equitable educationeducation funding.

Success also filed a lawsuit against the city earlier this year, claiming that the Department of Education was denying the schools space for pre-K.

«We filed the lawsuit because there is clearly an inequitable funding of education in New York state,» said Iannuzzi.

An ongoing lawsuit over the closing of nineteen public schools has delayed notification for 80,000 of the city's eighth - graders waiting to hear from the Department of Education about where they'll be going to high school, and parents are steaming mad.

Weisberg, who also worked at the Department of Education as a liaison between the U.F.T and the city, says he knows any lawsuit will have to be crafted differently than in the Vergara case.