The Heartland Institute

... these new options is available to parents? While school choice programs were proliferating, parent engagement networks also became increasingly common, bolstered by nationwide attention to Parent Trigger legislation. Numerous school choice advocacy and... dollars to each child and allowing parents... ...

... that is garnering significant national attention: the Parent Trigger. The legislation, first passed in California... a dozen other states. The Louisiana Parent Trigger would allow a simple majority of parents at a school to “trigger” its conversion to a charter school... the state’s... ...

... that is garnering significant national attention: the Parent Trigger. The legislation, first passed in California... a dozen other states. The Florida Parent Trigger would allow a simple majority of parents at a school to “trigger” one of three reform options: close... outside firm... ...

... altering teacher tenure and pay, a Parent Trigger to initiate school-level reforms, and... teachers’ job security. They also claimed parents are not mentally equipped to choose... measures such as these benefit students, parents, administrators, and teachers by repealing stifling... such a dysfunctional system... ...

... cap on charter schools, introduce a Parent Trigger, expand online learning, allow schools to... lines. Proponents contend the bills expand parental choice and influence in education, which... other six bills, which introduce a Parent Trigger, mandate open enrollment, expand the state... Charters thrive... ...

... hostile to reform, California’s landmark parent empowerment law, also known as the Parent Trigger, was passed quickly by the state... state did not win the grant, the Parent Trigger remains in place. But the law... it lacks critical details about how parents may set in motion... ...