Sentences with phrase «several federal civil rights»

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) OCR enforces several Federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance from the Department of Education.

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Several members of New York's congressional delegation, including Reps. Charlie Rangel, Jerrold Nadler, Gregory Meeks and Hakeem Jeffries have called on the Justice Department to investigate federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman.

After several congressional leaders — most notably Rep. Barbara Lee of California — roasted U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos for continuing to weaken the department's Office for Civil Rights and effectively abandoning the federal role in protecting the civil rights of poor and minority children, Harris essentially encouraged DeVos (along with the planned commission on school safety over which she will be chairing) to toss the school discipline reform measure into the asCivil Rights and effectively abandoning the federal role in protecting the civil rights of poor and minority children, Harris essentially encouraged DeVos (along with the planned commission on school safety over which she will be chairing) to toss the school discipline reform measure into the aRights and effectively abandoning the federal role in protecting the civil rights of poor and minority children, Harris essentially encouraged DeVos (along with the planned commission on school safety over which she will be chairing) to toss the school discipline reform measure into the ascivil rights of poor and minority children, Harris essentially encouraged DeVos (along with the planned commission on school safety over which she will be chairing) to toss the school discipline reform measure into the arights of poor and minority children, Harris essentially encouraged DeVos (along with the planned commission on school safety over which she will be chairing) to toss the school discipline reform measure into the ashbin.

Los Angeles — February 4, 2010 — Today, the Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA issued «Choice Without Equity: Charter School Segregation and the Need for Civil Rights Standards,» a nationwide report based on an analysis of Federal government data and an examination of charter schools in 40 states and the District of Columbia, along with several dozen metropolitan areas with large enrollments of charters.

The Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA issued «Choice Without Equity: Charter School Segregation and the Need for Civil Rights Standards,» a nationwide report based on an analysis of Federal government data and an examination of charter schools in 40 states and the District of Columbia, along with several dozen metropolitan areas with large enrollments of charters.

In April, after several press conferences to criticize the city's approach to school safety, FES joined with 11 students and their parents to file a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging the city had been negligent in keeping schools safe, alleging that black and Latino students were harmed in particular.

According to another article published by Kate Taylor in the New York Times, «the complaint,» which was filed with the federal Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, «described how students with disabilities were repeatedly suspended or made to repeat grades and how administrators in several cases urged parents to remove their students from the school» (Taylor 2016).

Discrimination based on several types of personal characteristics, such as age (40 years of age and older), race, religion, national origin, medical condition, disability or gender are illegal under both federal (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act) and state law (Fair Employment and Housing Act).

Hall v. Hall, No. 16 - 1150, holding that when one of several cases consolidated under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42 (a) is finally decided, that decision confers an immediate right to appeal.

Pattis has defended capital murder cases and won federal civil rights verdicts for police brutality, false arrest, discrimination, malicious prosecution, and violations of rights including several million dollar discrimination verdicts.

One of several federal statutes that guards against employment discrimination is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

[67] Several federal courts published general guidelines for pro se litigants and Civil Rights complaint forms.