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Aspira of New York, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs, against Board of Education of the City of New York, et al., Defendants.
District Court, New York, NY. Southern District of New York. – 1976
This is a record of testimony of the Petitioners for the Community School Board District 30 against the Board of Education of the City of New York. The Community School Board is seeking intervention concerning compliance with the court's decree on the civil rights case of Aspira of New York, Inc. vs. the Board of Education of the City of New York.…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Involvement, Court Litigation, Failure
A History of STV, Inc. and the 1964 California Vote against Pay Television.
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Ostroff, David H. – Journal of Broadcasting, 1983
Describes organization and services of Subscription Television Inc. (STV) and 1964 legal battle over wired pay-per-view television in California. Included are discussions of reasons for voter opposition to pay television, likelihood of success for STV had voter referendum not passed, and effects of its failure on subsequent pay television…
Descriptors: Advertising, Attitudes, Court Litigation, Failure
The Question of Best Interest of the Child in Failed Adoptions: A Case Study.
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Platt, Stacey; Weinberg, Anita – Adoption Quarterly, 2001
This case study details a problematic adoption. The study briefly describes the requirements of constitutional and Illinois law that set the framework for the ChildLaw Center's internal debate on the case, presents the competing considerations confronted in the case, and the decision made and the implications of the appellate court ruling in the…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Case Studies, Child Custody
Failure and Fraud in Civil Rights Enforcement by the Department of Education. Twenty-Second Report by the Committee on Government Operations Together with Separate and Additional Views. 100th Congress, 1st Session.
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Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1987
Failure and fraud in civil rights enforcement by the Department of Education are reported. Investigation and enforcement of the law is the duty of the department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which has not followed procedural guidelines for these duties. Complaint cases have accumulated without resolution and few attempts have been made to…
Descriptors: Black Students, Civil Rights, Compliance (Legal), Desegregation Plans
Intradistrict Equity: From the Courts to Resolution.
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Galvin, Patrick F. – Journal of Education Finance, 1998
In remote Navajo Mountain, Dine children have no formal educational opportunities after eighth grade. A U.S. District Court judge's late-1970s ruling that spread responsibility among the U.S. Government, the Navajo Nation, Utah, and the local school district has proved unworkable. Any negotiated settlement must begin with identification of shared…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, American Indian Education, Conflict Resolution, Court Litigation
Youth Unemployment, 1978. Hearing before the Committee on Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-Fifth Congress, Second Session, on Examination of the Problems Facing Youths in the Job Market (July 31, 1978).
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Human Resources. – 1978
On July 31, 1978, the U.S. Senate Committee on Human Resources held a hearing in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, on the problem of youth unemployment. In particular, the effectiveness of the CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) and YEDPA (Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act) programs concerned the Committee. Following an opening…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Organizations, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Examination of Grants Awarded to the Berkeley Unified School District and to Bilingual Children's Television, Inc.
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Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1974
At the request of Congresswoman Edith Green, the Comptroller General of the United States reviewed grant procedures covering two awards made by the Office of Education (OE). The first award, made to the Berkeley Unified School District, was funded under Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, which provides…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Legislation, Educational Programs