Sentences with phrase «right of access to those funds»

If a solicitor abused his right of access to those funds, that was a breach which undermined public confi dence in the profession in a vital respect.

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While traditional VCs offer a number of benefits, including access to funding and resources around hiring, Saper said that bringing a strategic investor into the mix can benefit companies, assuming it's the right fit.

Investing with Fidelity gives you access to over 10,000 funds from hundreds of fund companies, making it easy to find the right funds for any investment need.

Since equal access to education for all is both morally right and in the long - term interest of everyone, we dare not privatize the funding of education.

• You have the right to access a copy of your medical records, including your birth notes, if you are a patient in the public system (attending a publicly funded hospital and / or a medical card holder for GP services).

A «human rights activist» even said, rather worryingly, that, «there is need for government to maintain control over these NGOs precisely because of their access to funds which needed to be accounted for.»

While the government in some limited cases can legitimately place restrictions on the public's right to access certain information, attempts of the Nigerian authorities to justify the total closure of information related to the names of public officials from whom funds were recovered on the basis of «ongoing criminal investigation» and «presumption of innocence goes far beyond the limitations allowed under international law, and would promote secret recoveries.»

Every single day Klein makes the choice to NOT protect reproductive rights for the women of New York, to NOT give working families access to great healthcare they can actually afford, and to NOT give our children desperately needed school funding, which by the way, they are owed by law.

«These women are leading the fight to protect middle class families by raising the minimum wage, ensuring equal pay for equal work, protecting funding for Planned Parenthood, women's health care access, and reproductive rights,» Matthews said of the endorsements in a statement.

Which means that that any suspension of rights (including access to cohesion funds) would be, in theory, possible.

The U.S. Department of Justice has warned North Carolina its LGBT access measure for restrooms is a potential civil rights violation and could force them to forgo federal funding.

«[These are] basic data about animal use and compliance that taxpayers have a right to access, particularly when it comes to taxpayer - funded labs,» says Justin Goodman, vice president of advocacy and public policy at the White Coat Waste Project, a Washington, D.C. — based group that opposes taxpayer - funded animal experiments.

«Right now the research community is hampered in its ability to inform policymakers about the expected benefits and costs of different policy approaches because of politically ‑ motivated limits on data access, and substantial federal under ‑ funding of research on gun violence.»

Healthy Traditions Network also supports the Farm - to - Consumer Legal Defense Fund, which protects the rights of farmers and consumers to engage in direct commerce; it protects the rights of farmers to sell the products of the farm and the rights of consumers to access the foods of their choice from the source of their choice.

Ms. Meredith currently serves on the Board of Directors of the California Family Health Council, awarding grants of $ 20 million annually for reproductive health; the George Lucas Education Foundation - Edutopia, the leading voice illuminating and showcasing what works in education; and the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2), where she serves as board liaison to grantee Asylum Access working on global refugee rights.

I say this as one of the few government administrators openly interested in the rights of low - income families to access non-governmental schools: Absent better systemic answers than those offered by ideologues, publicly funded private school choice for all children will continue to be more of a factor in legislative debates and scholarly conferences than in the homes and neighborhoods of America's youth.

Others include the 1975 civil rights law mandating public education for special needs children, the bilingual education act of 1968, and the original civil rights education law, which passed in 1965 as part of President Johnson's war on poverty and mandated federal funding to states, equal access for all children, and higher standards.

In 2015, Arkansas Learns, in collaboration with the Arkansas Public School Resource Center, helped to secure charter facilities funding from the state for the first time, and in 2017, they successfully ensured that all public schools, including charters, have a right of access to unused or underutilized public school facilities.

Jon Chaloner, a trust chief executive and founding member of the Headteachers» Roundtable, told Schools Week: «In terms of equality of access to excellent provision, the growth of such funding is driving greater inequality between those who have the «right» contacts and can raise funds in this way in comparison to those who simply do not.»

Advocates and community groups — including the Chicago Teachers Union, Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education, Equip for Equality, the Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, the Ounce of Prevention Fund and the Access Living disability rights group — presented their concerns to ISBE in November.

Baton Rouge, LA (Sept. 30, 2014)-- The Louisiana Federation for Children (LFC), the state's voice for educational choice, condemned a lawsuit filed by the Louisiana Association of Educators that seeks to block funding for certain public charter schools and has the potential of denying parents» their right to access needed educational options.

Even if you got rid of teachers» due process rights for evaluation, you would do nothing to remedy the inequalities in funding and access that students have.

In testimony before the General Assembly's Appropriations Committee last week, the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding [CCJEF] presented the rationale behind Connecticut conducting an Education Adequacy Cost Study in order to determine the level of resources that are really needed to ensure that every child has access to their constitutionally guaranteed right to a quality education.

These leaders, both within schools and on the systems level, continue to work relentlessly and creatively to access alternative funding streams because students are sitting in front of us right now and it can not wait.

The resolution cited the fact that charter boards accept public money but lack democratic accountability, that charter schools are contributing to increased segregation, that punitive disciplinary policies are disproportionately used in charter schools as well as other practices that violate students» rights, that there is a pattern of fraud of mismanagement in the sector in general, and it then called for opposition to privatization of education, opposed diversion of funding from public schools, called for full funding for quality public education, called for legislation granting parents access to charter school boards and to strengthen oversight, called for charter schools to follow USDOJ and USDOE guidelines on student discipline and to help parents file complaints when those guidelines are violated, opposed efforts to weaken oversight, and called for a moratorium on charter school growth.

With repeal of Obamacare likely dead for now, we — parents, educators, clergy and community members — urge our elected leaders to fight forward for a budget that will preserve access to health care, adequately fund our nation's public schools and do what's right for the working poor and those that depend on America's social safety net.

So, in San Fran - right now as of today, it might be cheaper to buy every person a kindle and a prime membership - maybe even internet access - than it would be to fund their library system.

Even though credit - builder loans are a form of unsecured credit, because you won't have access to your funds right away, interest rates can be low.

Paying extra on my mortgage over the last 16 years (with different properties) has enabled me to (1) refi right before my ARM unlocked in the middle of the housing meltdown, which saved me a lot of money in interest payments going forward, and (2) obtain a sizeable HELOC against my current house, which will give me access to funds if I need them for my fourplex remodel, but will only charge me interest if I need to use it.

Another benefit of using a Credit Shelter Trust is that your surviving spouse retains the right to receive income from the trust during her lifetime, and can also access funds from it for health, education, maintenance and support reasons.

Available in a variety of term lengths, CDs are a risk - free investment option for funds you won't need to access right away.

Investing with Fidelity gives you access to over 10,000 funds from hundreds of fund companies, making it easy to find the right funds for any investment need.

tinyBuild raised over $ 26k in the Kickstarter project, and got an additional offer of $ 20k funding from Buka Entertainment — the Russian publisher that would secure rights for the game in Russian - speaking countries, and get us access to Steam.

In his later panels, Kaphar began with his original equation and extended the tar at least up to the mouth, representing the silencing of the incarcerated men, who were stripped of many rights, including the right to vote and access to federally funded programs in many states.

In his later panels, Kaphar began with his original equation and extended the tar at least up to the mouth, representing the silencing of the incarcerated men, who were stripped of many rights, including the right to vote and access to federally funded programs.

As Murray explains, the future success of Canada's cleantech industry requires further incentives to increase the amount of private investment capital being ventured into cleantech innovations, as well as an ability for innovators to access patent filing options and funding supports associated with acquiring their IP rights.

Participants have access to a range of programs including Entrepreneur Bootcamp and Office Hours, where vets can connect with industry leaders to discuss funding strategy, to VetCap, a financial workshop where veterans can learn about the right type of funding for their company and practice their pitches to a seasoned panel of experts.

Mr. Grabel has long fought for the rights of his clients and strongly believes in the rights of all people accused of a criminal offense, he is proud to support the Access to Justice Fund, The Innocence Project and Proving Innocence, a Michigan based organization fighting to free the wrongly convicted.

There is no general right for funding for participation in an inquest, but section 6 (8) of the Access to Justice Act 1999 allows the Lord Chancellor to authorise funding in «specific circumstances ``.

Discussions with Yves Bonavero convinced me that Woodsford Litigation Funding placed access to justice at the forefront of its business, and I am delighted that Yves» commitment to justice will contribute to the study and practice of human rights law at Oxford.»

Our lawyers have appeared in the Supreme Court of Canada on constitutional issues, including search and seizure of business records, picketing and leafleting of business premises, defamation and freedom of expression, school funding, access to therapeutic records in sexual assault cases and international human rights covenants.

, NLJ, 6 January 2017, p 8) and the recent Amnesty International report which made the case for reinstating public funding for cases involving young people, welfare benefits, immigration cases involving human rights and initial advice for private family cases («Cuts that Hurt: The impact of legal aid cuts on access to justice», Amnesty International, 2016).

From this review of jurisprudence, it appears the courts have not found a public access right to academic libraries based on the status of the university or the amount of public funding it receives.

But a different argument, advanced by the West Coast Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, was to the effect that the right of access to courts was a component of the right to liberty, and maybe also of that to the security of the person, protected by section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and that the hearing fees infringed this right contrary to principles of fundamental justice, due to their disproportionate effect on women and the least well - off.

In her impassioned lecture, Baroness Kennedy identified the theme of access to justice as common to both her work as a human rights advocate, and the commercial enterprise of third party litigation funding.

Common law legal concepts and research methods make a strong distinction, less pronounced in the civil law tradition, between primary sources of law (statutes and case law) and secondary sources (legal scholarship and commentary); regardless, access to interpretive commentary on the law, including legal scholarship and especially publicly - funded research, would significantly enhance the public's understanding of the law and their rights, and promote access to legal services generally.

The Equal Justice Works Fellowships programs fund hundreds of public interest attorneys each year to close the justice gap on issues such as foreclosure, community economic development, immigration, civil rights, homelessness, access to healthcare, and domestic violence.

The WA Pastoralists and Graziers» Association told the Commonwealth Parliament that, while the Nharnuwangga Wajarri and Ngarla determination in WA enables traditional owners» access to country, these rights can not be enjoyed because of a lack of implementation funding.86

PPFA President Cecile Richards issued the following statement on the news of the resignation — and the interim appointment of Evelyn Kappeler to oversee Title X. «On behalf of the more than 17 million women who need access to publicly funded family planning services, Planned Parenthood calls on the Bush administration to do the right thing and appoint a truly qualified women's health advocate and expert to this critical post.

That's why we at the Planned Parenthood Action Fund are opposing President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch — a man who has an alarming history of interfering with reproductive rights and health, including women's access to birth control and care at Planned Parenthood health centers.