The Heartland Institute

...Friday's ed news: 1. How desperate poor parents convinced "lifelong Democrat" Michelle Rhee to... An Indiana House committee passed a Parent Trigger bill . 3. Washington DC leaders debate... A Georgia legislative committee approves a Parent Trigger bill . 2. An Indiana House committee approves legislation... ...

A Parent Trigger bill that aims to give parents more influence in their children’s... a petition by the majority of parents at schools performing in the state’s bottom 20 percent to trigger one of several reforms. Petitioning parents could choose conversion to a charter... petition threshold... ...

...Exercising their rights under California’s 2010 Parent Trigger law, more than 300 parents delivered petitions to the Los Angeles... or converted into a charter school. Parents are now reviewing proposals from eight... been set.” Sixty-eight percent of parents whose children attend 24th Street Elementary... ...

... pill, giving thousands to minors without parental permission. But the administration still wants... Kasich’s plan will include a “trigger” allowing Ohio to drop the expansion... Obamacare.” We’ll see how this trigger works, which he had teased before... presumably would be addressed by the trigger. SOURCE... ...

... that has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger. The legislation, first passed in California... to propose it this year. A Parent Trigger would allow a simple majority of parents at a school to “trigger” one of several options, including its... be converted to... ...

... Exchanges - Income Tax Reform - Pension Reform - Parent Trigger - Vouchers - Hydraulic Fracturing/Mining This week’s edition of The Leaflet features research and commentary addressing 9-1-1 fund raiding, frac sand mining, attracting independents and Democrats with school choice, Louisiana tax reform, tax breaks for banks... ...