§ 2556.400 What is termination for cause and what are the criteria for termination for cause?
§ 2556.405 Who has sole authority to remove a VISTA from a VISTA project and who has sole authority to terminate a VISTA from a VISTA project or the VISTA program?
§ 2556.410 May a sponsor request that a VISTA be removed from its project?
§ 2556.415 May AmeriCorps remove a VISTA from a project without the sponsor’s request for removal?
§ 2556.420 What are termination for cause proceedings?
§ 2556.425 May a VISTA appeal their termination for cause?
§ 2556.430 Is a VISTA who is terminated early from the VISTA program for other than cause entitled to appeal under these procedures?

Terms Used In CFR > Title 45 > Subtitle B > Chapter XXV > Part 2556 > Subpart E - Termination for Cause Procedures

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.