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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 | + | 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. |
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Revision as of 20:59, December 28, 2009
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 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, this reform is stalled in the heavily Democratic California Assembly, where teachers' unions are particularly powerful.