History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
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Past Educational Opportunity Reports
New state law aimed at helping failing schools
- 02-02-2010
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By James Rufus Koren/Inland Daily Bulletin
The state teachers union calls it the "lynch-mob provision." School districts say it's unnecessary. But supporters say a new state law that allows a majority of parents to demand an overhaul of struggling public schools is long overdue. "I think parents need an option - they need a choice," said Marita Isidore of Chino, whose son, Jackson, will be attending a charter school next year. The new law, dubbed the "parent trigger," would require school districts to make one of four sweeping changes to a school site if half the parents at that site sign a petition calling for change. Parents could call for the school to be shut down or turned into a charter. They could also ask that the principal and half the staff be fired or that the principal be fired and other significant changes be made. (more...)
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