Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...discourage[s] persons from becoming candidates” and “limit[s] the persons who run for such office to those who are independently wealthy,” or those who are supported by political committees or special interest groups that are capable of generating substantial contributions. Fla. Stat. § 106.31....

...See Sexual Harassment Guidance: Peer Sexual Harassment, 61 Fed.Reg. 42,728 (1996). These guidelines issued after the alleged harassment of LaShonda. Moreover, at the time of the alleged harassment, the code of federal regulations did not discuss student-student sexual harassment. See 34 C.F.R. § 106.31 (1992)....

...t would, in the trial court's opinion, establish an equitable and fair distribution of public moneys to both candidates in an effort to ensure that "the rights of the parties will be in balance." Although referring to the language of intent found in section 106.31, [2] the trial court concluded that: The object of the statute, as explained in this section, is to ensure that public office does not become the exclusive domain of the wealthy and the connected....

...tions and expenditures in each campaign be maintained and accounted for separately, with no funds obtained in one campaign allowed to be expended in support of the other campaign. The trial court's order, referring to the statutory intent recited in section 106.31, has erroneously concluded that the purpose of the public campaign financing law is to "prevent one candidate from gaining an advantage over another simply on the basis of financial support" and that, "[t]o allow Jim Smith to start fre...

...urpose of the law." (See text and statute at note 2, p. 10, supra. ) The trial court has misread in at least two ways the explicit legislative intent clearly expressed in the language of the Act. In the first place, the legislative intent recited in section 106.31 speaks only in terms of providing public financing of statewide campaigns to encourage persons to run for office who otherwise might not run or might have to depend on contributions from groups representing special interests "to dispel...

...Gievers Phyllis Slater John A. French, Jr. Mike Cochran Philip Padovano NOTES [1] The Republican Party of Florida and Jim Smith, as Secretary of State, are nonetheless required to be designated as appellees by rule 9.020(f)(2), Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure. [2] Section 106.31 provides: Legislative Intent....

...by appropriation. We reject that interpretation, as well. The Election Campaign Financing Act was designed to open the election process to those who are not independently wealthy and to minimize the adverse influence of special interest groups. See § 106.31 Fla....

...the trial court. NOTES [1] The Florida Election Campaign Financing Act created this fund. §§ 106.30-.36, Fla. Stat. (1991). [2] The trust fund is also supported by a portion of the filing fees paid by candidates. § 99.092, Fla. Stat. (1991). [3] Section 106.31, Florida Statutes (1991), states the intent and purpose of the Florida Election Campaign Financing Act: The Legislature finds that the costs of running an effective campaign for statewide office have reached a level which tends to disc...

...e office to receive money from the public coffers to match private contributions. The Act was designed to encourage people who are not independently wealthy to run for statewide office and to make candidates less beholden to special interest groups. § 106.31, Fla....

...The statute's implementing regulations provide that a covered institution cannot provide different aid, benefits, or services; cannot deny aid, benefits, or services; and cannot subject any person to separate or different rules, sanctions, or treatment, "on the basis of sex." See 34 C.F.R. § 106.31 (b)(2)-(4) ; Whitaker , 858 F.3d at 1046 -47 ....

...Without writing about the federal regulations in detail, we note that they are consistent with this proposition. Like the statutes, the regulations prohibit a "recipient" from permitting or performing discrimination in any education program or activity. 34 C.F.R. § 106.31 (1989). "Recipient," in turn, is defined as "any State or political subdivision thereof, or any instrumentality of a State or political subdivision thereof...." 34 C.F.R....

Election Campaign Financing Act, as set forth in section 106.31, Florida Statutes (1993), is to encourage the

...discourage[s] persons from becoming candidates” and “limit[s] the persons who run for such office to those who are independently wealthy,” or those who are supported by political committees or special interest groups that are capable of generating substantial contributions. Fla. Stat. § 106.31....

...388, as amended 8 Without writing about the federal regulations in detail, we note that they are consistent with this proposition. Like the statutes, the regulations prohibit a “recipient” from permitting or performing discrimination in any education program or activity. 34 C.F.R. § 106.31 (1989)....

...106.30-106.36 to alleviate these factors, dispel the misperception, and encourage *687 qualified persons to seek statewide elective office who would not, or could not otherwise do so and to protect the effective competition by a candidate who uses public funding. § 106.31....

...ary to the Legislature’s intent in passing the Act, to “encourage qualified persons to seek statewide elective office who would not, or could not otherwise do so and to protect the effective competition by a candidate who uses public funding.” § 106.31, Fla....

...See Sexual Harassment Guidance: Peer Sexual Harassment, 61 Fed. Reg. 42,728 (1996). These guidelines issued after the alleged harassment of LaShonda. Moreover, at the time of the alleged harassment, the code of federal regulations did not discuss student-student sexual harassment. See 34 C.F.R. § 106.31 (1992)....

...These guidelines issued after the alleged harassment of LaShonda. Moreover, at the time of the alleged harassment, the code of federal regulations did not discuss student-student sexual harassment. 23 See 34 C.F.R. § 106.31 (1992)....

...56 JILL PRYOR, J., dissenting 18-13592 explain that a school cannot “[s]ubject any person to separate or different rules of behavior, sanctions, or other treatment” on the basis of sex. 34 C.F.R. § 106.31(b)(4)....

...Neither can a school “[p]rovide different aid, benefits, or services or provide aid, bene- fits, or services in a different manner,” or “[d]eny any person such aid, benefit, or service” on the basis of sex. Id. § 106.31(b)(2), (3). The School District’s bathroom policy bans transgender stu- dents from using the restroom that matches their gender identity. There is no doubt that this constitutes discrimination, becaus...

...with only cisgender students receiving the benefit of being permitted to use the restroom matching their gender identity and transgender students being denied that benefit. White, 548 U.S. at 59; see 34 C.F.R. § 106.31(b)....

...Title IX’s implementing regulations explain that a school cannot “[s]ubject any person to separate or different rules of behavior, sanctions, or other treatment” on the basis 34  Case: 18-13592 Date Filed: 08/07/2020 Page: 35 of 74 of sex. 34 C.F.R. § 106.31(b)(4). Neither can a school “[p]rovide different aid, benefits, or services or provide aid, benefits or services in a different manner” because of sex. Id. § 106.31(b)(2). As with his equal protection claim, Mr....

...Adams, “as a transgender student, to different rules, sanctions, and treatment 36  Case: 18-13592 Date Filed: 08/07/2020 Page: 37 of 74 than non-transgender students, in violation of Title IX.” Whitaker, 858 F.3d at 1049–50; see 34 C.F.R. § 106.31(b)(4). The record leaves no doubt that Mr....

...Title IX’s implementing regulations explain that a school cannot “[s]ubject any person to separate or different rules of behavior, sanctions, or other treatment” on the basis 34  Case: 18-13592 Date Filed: 08/07/2020 Page: 35 of 74 of sex. 34 C.F.R. § 106.31(b)(4). Neither can a school “[p]rovide different aid, benefits, or services or provide aid, benefits or services in a different manner” because of sex. Id. § 106.31(b)(2). As with his equal protection claim, Mr....

...Adams, “as a transgender student, to different rules, sanctions, and treatment 36  Case: 18-13592 Date Filed: 08/07/2020 Page: 37 of 74 than non-transgender students, in violation of Title IX.” Whitaker, 858 F.3d at 1049–50; see 34 C.F.R. § 106.31(b)(4). The record leaves no doubt that Mr....