The Heartland Institute

... in Michigan university admissions. 4. Virginia parents complain their district paid $7.7... the nation's mayors unanimously support the Parent Trigger . 2. We know ways to close... 4. How to launch a successful Parent University . 5. Pennsylvania lawmakers' refusal to... a central database of personal... ...

... three years in a row that parents can now convert them into charter schools under the state’s 2010 Parent Trigger law. This is the first year... a lot of power over to parents with this law,” said Laura Jones... for the Mississippi Department of Education. Trigger-Only Charters Charter schools... ...

... have already indicated they will introduce Parent Trigger or school voucher legislation. Here’s a list. Parent Trigger: These laws, passed in seven states, allow a majority of parents whose children attend a failing school... reform by signing a petition. A trigger bill is pending in Michigan... ...

... funding formula isn’t keeping pace.” Parent Trigger Hold-Up One cause for the... legislation’s limbo is debate over including a Parent Trigger law, Abraham said. House lawmakers generally... oppose the idea of letting a majority of parents have the power to require their... Senators generally approve... ...

... of politics. One such idea is the Parent Trigger, the notion that if a majority of parents and guardians of children attending a... school district must do as the parents ask. Seven states have adopted some version of the Parent Trigger and some 20 states have seen bills... ...

... health care decisions, frac sand mining, Parent Trigger design guidelines, high-speed rail, territorial... raising energy costs nationwide.” Policy Brief: The Parent Trigger: Justification and Design Guidelines Education This... Institute presents the rationale for empowering parents with Parent... ...