Orlando Sentinel: Parent Trigger Bills Are Half-Cocked Ideas
Florida’s corporate financed parent trigger advocates staged a touchy-feely presser last week between the committee hearings which railroaded the bill onward. While the editors of the Orlando Sentinel stays away from directly criticizing the proponents HB 1191 and SB 1718, they effectively go after the wisdom of parent trigger that opponents habe been trying to let Floridians know about.
It’s understandable that parents who have seen little improvement in their children’s poor-performing Florida schools would have itchy trigger fingers.
So what does the Legislature propose? Putting a powerful weapon in the hands of untrained parents. On Tuesday, state House and Senate committees endorsed so-called “parent trigger” bills that would empower 51-percent parent majorities to select a “turnaround plan” for schools with a
