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According to the Virginia Department of Elections, since 2003 there have been 39 school board elections over the seven districts in Augusta County through last year.
The Campaign for U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child is a volunteer-driven network that includes attorneys, child and human rights advocates, educators, members of religious and faith-based communities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), students, and other concerned citizens. [14]
Children's rights or the rights of children are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors. [1] The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) defines a child as "any human being below the age of eighteen years, unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier."
Hudgins v. Wright (1806) was a freedom suit decided in the favor of the slave Jackey Wright by the Virginia Supreme Court (then called the Court of Appeals). She had sued for freedom for herself and her two children based on her claim of descent from Indian women. Indian slavery had been prohibited in Virginia since 1705.
President Joe Biden expanded the CTC through the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021, which increased its amount to $3,600 from $2,000 for qualifying children under age 6, and $3,000 for other ...
The Parental Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution is a proposed change to the United States Constitution. The amendment's advocates say that it will allow parents' rights to direct the upbringing of their children, protected from federal interference, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Amendment was ...
The Virginia NAACP filed a lawsuit Friday alleging Gov. Glenn Youngkin's administration failed to turn over public records to explain how it decides whether to restore the voting rights of ...
The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia is the document that defines and limits the powers of the state government and the basic rights of the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Like all other state constitutions , it is supreme over Virginia's laws and acts of government, though it may be superseded by the United States ...