The Heartland Institute

... shows strong and widespread support — among parents of CPS students and among other... favor a law that would empower parents to take control of a persistently... to manage the school. That's the "parent trigger" law that has shaken the status quo in California. There's a push for such laws... ...

The speech in the attached PDF was delivered by Heartland Institute President Joseph Bast on February 23, 2013, at the Eighth Annual Wisconsin Conservative Conference, Bluemound Gardens, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. An excerpt is below: In 2016, in time for the next presidential election, every child now in high school will be eligible ...

... Carolina’s renewable energy mandate, Maine parent trigger, and Medicaid expansion in North Carolina... RPS mandated state.” Research & Commentary: Maine Parent Trigger Education Maine legislators are considering an... that has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger. By allowing... ...

... privatizing its bus system . 4. Poor parents visit DC to demand an end... 3. Florida lawmakers have filed another Parent Trigger bill . 4. Schools are right now administering pilot Common Core tests . 5. New York's teachers union has sued the state to overturn its property tax cap . 6. Influenced by Democrat... ...

... no strings attached.” Half of Montana parents would prefer to send their child... Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. “The parents are excited about the possibility that... Laszloffy said. “So we’ve got parents pushing hard.” Even so, the majority of parents in the poll viewed Montana’s... considered... ...

... that has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger. The legislation, first passed in California... propose it in early 2013. A Parent Trigger would allow a simple majority of parents at a school to “trigger” one of several options, including conversion... Maine legislators... ...