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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with child

Native American Boy Fights Texas School Over Hair Cut
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, Human rights, Indigenous rights, Native American, religious rights, child, ethics, school, Texas )

Brigitte
- 146 days ago - examiner.com
A Native American boy is fighting a Texas school district for the right to keep his long hair. A small rural school district in Fort Bend County Texas wants to force Adriel Arocha to cut his hair in compliance with the terms of the school district's dress
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Sign Petition: Amend CAPTA to Better Protect At-Risk Children
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: children, child, abuse, neglect, CAPTA, society, safety, violence, law, government, humans, family, rights, crime, culture, americans )

Tom
- 183 days ago - change.org
The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) (42 U.S.C.A.A. §5106g) serves as a national set of minimum requirements for, among other things, the definition of what constitutes abuse and neglect upon children.
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'Serious Questions' for DFCS in Tot's Death
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: protective services, DFCS, abuse, child, caseworker, investigation, homicide, murder, fatal, charged, death, welfare, advocate, agency )

Kathleen
- 504 days ago - ajc.com
Child advocate Tom Rawlings said his preliminary review of the death of 16-month-old Amiya Brown raised "serious questions" about the handling of the case by the Fulton County office of the state Division of Family and Children Services.
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Women, Kids, Elderly Robbed and Abused By Prison System. Is This Right?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, prisons, ethics, freedoms, women, child, family, travel, HumanRights, corruption, crime, torture )

Suzybell
- 716 days ago - americanchronicle.com
Visits are being "terminated" early regardless of how far the family member traveled because they may have spoken to another visitor in the canteen room. This retaliation enacted upon a family member for speaking to someone else is a violation of the US C
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Senate Won't Take Up New Education Law
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: children, society, child, usa, education, senate, no child left behind )


- 751 days ago - news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON - The top two lawmakers on the Senate Education Committee said Friday they are putting off consideration of a new No Child Left Behind law until next year. Sens. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., have decided that there's not
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Bush Vetoes Child Health Insurance Plan
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: children, humans, health care, well being, child, politics, society, usa, bush )


- 783 days ago - news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON - President Bush, in a sharp confrontation with Congress, on Wednesday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have dramatically expanded children's health insurance. It was only the fourth veto of Bush's presidency, and one that some Republicans
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IRS To Count Children as Assets
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: child, children, law, rights, IRS, Internal Revenue Service, taxes, money, family, bushadministration, bush )

Keith
- 824 days ago - officialnewsagency.com
[Sacramento, CA] Child welfare advocates and parents express outrage today as a policy change at the Internal Revenue Service allows them to view dependent children as assets... assets that can be taxed and, if necessary, seized.
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