Canberra Day is a public holiday observed in the ACT on the second Monday in March to celebrate the founding of Canberra.

Whitefish Bay High School has the highest average ACT score out of all the public schools in the state of Wisconsin every year.

This stance led him to offer public support to controversial groups like the North American Man Boy Love Association and to criticize both the mainstream gay rights movement and some of the movement's radical components, including the AIDS activist group ACT UP.

In this case the tactic maintained some proportionality by bypassing the 5 % threshold, but is largely disfavoured by the public due to it awarding smaller parties extra list seats while parties with a higher party vote percentage that don't win an electorate receive no seats ( this occurred in 2008 when ACT was awarded 5 seats on the back of one electorate seat and 3. 7 % of the party vote, while New Zealand First with no electorate seats and 4. 1 % of the party vote were awarded none.

On December 10, 1989, Galás was arrested inside Saint Patrick's Cathedral, as part of ACT UP's Stop the Church demonstration, while protesting John Cardinal O ' Connor's opposition to AIDS education, and the distribution of condoms in public schools.

Although less as a " collective " after 1990, DIVA TV continued documenting ( over 700 camera hours ) the direct actions of ACT UP, activists, and the community responses to HIV / AIDS, producing over 160 video programs for public access television channels ( as the weekly series " AIDS Community Television " from 1991 – 1996 http :// www. actupny. org / divatv ; and from 1994-96 the weekly call-in public access series " ACT UP Live "; film festival screenings ; and continuing on-line documentation and streaming internet webcasts.

According to ACT UP / Golden Gate, " ACT UP Golden Gate concentrated on issues involving treatment and treatment access while ACT UP San Francisco focused on broader social issues involving public policy and politics.

In February 2008, McClelland stated that it was unacceptable that the ACT government, which is proposing to allow same-sex couples to enter into unions, would give the right to hold public ceremonies to celebrate their unions.

The English Sisters of the Little Company of Mary arrived in 1885 and have since established public and private hospitals, retirement living and residential aged care, community care and comprehensive palliative care in New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and the Northern Territory.

During the 2005 election he contested the Epsom electorate in Auckland and at a public meeting he promised to run through the streets of Epsom naked if the electorate was won by ACT New Zealand's leader Rodney Hide.

The National Party opposed the bill, saying that it gave too much control to Māori, United Future opposed it due to the removal of the public domain concept and ACT opposed it on the grounds of the legislation being retrospective, that it was a denial of property rights ( in this case Māori property rights ), and that it was an unwarranted incursion by the Crown into areas that were specifically Tikanga Māori.

** Awarded to ethnic minority students from Des Moines public schools with a minimum ACT composite score of 19, rank in top half of graduating class and GPA of 3. 0.

Incoming freshmen have an average score of 25 on the ACT, which is one of the best among Alabama's public universities.

Cass Technical High School's average ACT score is 21, which is four points higher than the average for Detroit public high schools.

This public holiday was declared in 2007 under section 3 ( 1 )( b ) of the Holidays Act 1953 ( ACT ).

Mr. Andrew Barr, the ACT Minister for Industrial Relations stated the purpose of the new public holiday was:

The close proximity of the Library provides students with access to the ACT public library collection, free computing facilities and study space.

The new scholarship within HOPE, the Zell Miller Scholarship, will cover 100 % of tuition for those students who graduate with a 3. 7 HOPE GPA and receive a score of 1200 ( CR + M ) on the SAT or a 26 ACT Composite at public colleges ($ 4, 000 at private colleges ), and maintain a 3. 3 GPA while in college.

The Phoenix Prize for spiritual art arose from the winding up of the Christian Media Association ACT Inc., an incorporated body in the Australian Capital Territory, that for some 30 years had been a forum for the Christian church organisations of the ACT Churches Council to provide a single voice in the media, principally to provide video advertisements on local, commercial television channels that were played in the nature of public service announcement.

Demonstrated ability in reading, mathematics, and writing, as typically measured in the United States by the SAT or similar tests such as the ACT, have often replaced colleges individual entrance exams, and is often required for admission to higher education.

* The Appalachian Children's Theater ( ACT ) promotes performing arts and fine arts education for children in Southwest Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, and Northeast Tennessee.

* The Appalachian Children's Theater ( ACT ) promotes performing arts and fine arts education for children in Southwest Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, and Northeast Tennessee.

Regular visits take place in both directions and members of ACT are currently sponsoring the education of children in a school in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India.

* 10 — New York City sees approximately 4, 500 protestors at St. Patrick's Cathedral during mass in a " Stop the Church " action organized by ACT UP and Women's Health Action and Mobilization to demonstrate dissatisfaction with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese's position against AIDS education, the distribution of condoms, and abortion.

The school was closed at the end of 2007 as part of a rationalisation of primary education across the ACT with most students moving to neighbouring schools in Aranda, Macquarie and Weetangera.

Fully qualified Teacher Librarians, with specific in education training, in addition to ACT Public Library staff, further the services provided to College students.

The school was established in 1996 by the ACT department of education to address the needs of young people in years 7 – 10 as they move from primary school to further education, training or employment.

The Australian College of Theology ( ACT ) is an Australian theological education provider.

As a HEP, the ACT administers the FEE-HELP programme, by which students enrolled in accredited higher education courses of the ACT may receive an income contingent loan for their tuition fees.

Consisting of the Canberra Museum and Gallery, the Nolan Collection and ACT Historic Places ( Lanyon, Calthorpes ’ House and Mugga Mugga ), ACT Museums and Galleries delivers a range of cultural services to the community in providing activities such as exhibitions, public and education programs, as well as through collecting, conserving and presenting significant aspects

Jefferson State offers a comprehensive approach to customized workforce training through an ACT Center, Training for Business and Industry, GED programs, adult education, remedial education, workforce readiness training, and programs to assist dislocated workers, displaced homemakers and other special populations .< ref > State Community College >

Compared to the other education institutions in the ACT ( University of Canberra, Australian National University, Australian Catholic University and the University of NSW at the Australian Defence Force Academy ) CIT is the largest by student numbers.

* 2010 ACT Training Excellence Large Registered Training Organisation Award for outstanding achievements in the delivery of vocational education and training.

In 2005 there were 60, 275 students in the ACT school system.

At some campuses, such as Santa Barbara, San Diego, and Santa Cruz, a point system is used to weight grade point average, SAT Reasoning or ACT scores, and SAT Subject scores, while at Davis, Berkeley, Irvine, and Los Angeles, academic achievement is examined in the context of the school and the surrounding community.

In April 2001 representatives of the Ngambri communities entered into an agreement with the ACT government which recognised their traditional association with the park's lands and their role and duty to their ancestors and descendants as custodians of the area, and established a system of cooperative management.

* ACT ( NASDAQ ), Automated Confirmation of Transactions, a trade reporting and clearing system

In the ACT a civil penalty system for possession of small amounts of cannabis was introduced in 1993.

Due to the introduction of the MMP electoral system, a New Right " Association of Consumers and Taxpayers " party, known as ACT New Zealand was formed by ex-Labour New Right-aligned Cabinet Ministers like Richard Prebble and others, and maintaining existing New Right policy initiatives such as the Employment Contracts Act, while also introducing US-style " welfare reform.

ACT that had been incurred prior to 1999 could still be set off against a company's tax liability, provided it would have been able to set it off under the old imputation system.

The road system around Canberra Airport and the road between Civic and Canberra Airport was being duplicated as at July 2008, partly funded by Canberra Airport and the ACT Government.

The ATAR was introduced as an attempt to unify the university entrance system in Australia, where previously each state had its own individual system ( e. g. UAI in ACT / NSW, TER in SA / NT, ENTER in Victoria ).

:" That this Assembly no longer has confidence in the Minister for Health, Katy Gallagher, for her continued neglect of the Health portfolio, most particularly ...... management failure, staff bullying, over working, and poor processes ;.... complete failure in the Calvary Hospital purchase ;.... and many instances of attacking those who made complaints, ignoring those who gave advice, and dealing with the problems through denial and neglect ;.... and the ongoing poor performance of the ACT health system ...."

From 1973 to 1999, the UK operated an imputation system, with shareholders able to claim a tax credit reflecting advance corporation tax ( ACT ) paid by a company when a distribution was made.

The space age maglev system immediately won the interest of the Davis government, and in the Phase II proposals they selected it for further study, along with Ford's ACT and Hawker Siddeley's entry, both of which used rubber tires.

The applications are screened by a special committee of faculty and administrators and are evaluated on a system that takes into consideration scores on the ACT and / or SAT tests, cumulative grade point average in high school, range of extracurricular activities, the nature of awards and honors achieved, and the information contained in the letters of reference.