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The Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA), or Public Act 453 of 1976, which went into effect in 1977, originally prohibited discrimination in Michigan only on the basis of "religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, familial status, or marital status" in employment, housing, education, and access to public accommodations. [2]
The University of Michigan Law School (Bollinger) disagreed and stated that there was a compelling state interest to use racial affirmative action to build a "critical mass" of minority students. In Justice Powell's diversity rationale, the Supreme Court stated "the student body diversity is a compelling state interest that can justify the use ...
Meanwhile, Michigan's third grade reading law now no longer requires holding back students who fail a reading proficiency test. Contact Clara Hendrickson at chendrickson@freepress.com or 313-296-5743.
Anti-LGBTQ curriculum laws are laws approved by various U.S. states that limit the discussion of sexuality and gender identity in public schools. [1]In theory, these laws mainly apply to sex ed courses, but they can also be applied to other parts of the school curriculum as well as to extracurricular activities such as sports and organizations such as gay–straight alliances. [2]
The Detroit Free Press has learned of multiple such incidents in Michigan, including four Black female students at North Farmington High School, four teens in Grand Rapids and five students at ...
A Michigan judge has issued a preliminary injunction against the state's mandatory 24-hour waiting period before receiving an abortion, as well as the state's "informed consent" law and a ban on ...
Article 14 of Convention on the Rights of the Child enshrines both parents' rights and parental duties against the state: . 2. States Parties shall respect the rights and duties of the parents and, when applicable, legal guardians, to provide direction to the child in the exercise of his or her right in a manner consistent with the evolving capacities of the child.
The laws make it a 5-year felony to possess one of the devices with the intent to steal a vehicle and a 10-year felony if a person, in association with another person or group as part of a ...