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Parent trigger legislation (view source)
Revision as of 20:59, December 28, 2009
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'''Parent trigger legislation''' empowers the parents of failing [[public schools]] to force a change in management at the school. Specifically, parents who can present signatures by at least 51% of other parents of children at a failing public school can require conversion of the school to a [[charter school]] or a change in operations at the school.
'''Parent trigger legislation''' empowers the parents of failing [[public schools]] to force a change in management at the school. Specifically, parents who can present signatures by at least 51% of other parents of children at a failing public school can require conversion of the school to a [[charter school]] or a change in operations at the school.
Passed by the California Senate in December 2009 with a promised signature into law by the California Governor, this reform is stalled in the heavily Democratic California Assembly, where teachers' unions are particularly powerful.
Passed by the California Senate in December 2009 with a promised signature into law by Governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], this reform is stalled in the heavily Democratic California Assembly, where teachers' unions are particularly powerful.
[[Category:education]]
[[Category:education]]