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Colorado Parent Trigger Bill Fails in Senate Committee
Ben BoychukA Parent Trigger amendment to a parental responsibility bill was voted down in... sponsor said was the end of parent empowerment legislation in the Rocky Mountain... Spence (R-Centennial), the author of the Parent Trigger amendment and ranking Republican member of... committee. Spence had... ...
Maine Introduces Parent Empowerment Legislation
Ashley Trim... considering a bill to establish a Parent Trigger law, empowering parents of children at failing public schools... LD 1417, An Act to Enhance Parental Roles in Education Choice. Flexibility Is... a Goal Volk s bill, modeled after California s 2010 Parent Empowerment Act, would require implementation... ...
California Board Delays ‘Parent Trigger’ Rules Again
Ben BoychukPermanent regulations governing California's landmark Parent Empowerment Act are still months away... Education to combine suggestions for final " Parent Trigger" rules from several different and opposing... state and local school officials, and parents, helped write the draft regulations. An... group, which included... ...
California Ed. Board Moves to Approve ‘Parent Trigger’ Rules
Ben Boychuk... regulations for the state s landmark Parent Empowerment Act, also known as the Parent Trigger. Kirst says the board s April... develop regulatory guidance that will allow parents and school districts to make full use of the Parent Empowerment law, Kirst said, reading from a prepared statement... ...
Triggering School Reform in California
Ben Boychuk... unlikely place for black and Latino parents to unite for fundamental education reform... first proving ground for California s Parent Empowerment Act, also known as the parent trigger. A Wall Street Journal article recently called the parent trigger the radical school reform law... ...
2011 Looks Good for Reformers
Dan Proft... The good news for children and parents across the nation is the school... its opponents. The teachers unions contend parents are the problem and low-income... the school choice movement responds with parent trigger laws requiring the parental engagement the teachers unions allege they... in mind... ...