{"id":10783,"date":"2012-07-25T12:22:52","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T16:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=10783"},"modified":"2012-07-25T12:23:32","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T16:23:32","slug":"judge-says-california-parents-cant-unpull-trigger-petition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/07\/25\/judge-says-california-parents-cant-unpull-trigger-petition\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Says California Parents Can’t Unpull ‘Trigger’ Petition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former California State Sen. Gloria Romero helped write the nation's first parent trigger law.<\/p><\/div>\n

A judge has handed parents in a California desert town a major victory in their efforts to force changes at a failing elementary school.<\/p>\n

The parents at Desert Trails Elementary in Adelanto are trying to become the first school in the nation to successfully use a ‘parent trigger’ law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The law says parent can choose how to reform\u00a0<\/a> a low-performing school if a majority of parents sign a petition. They can replace some or all of the staff, turn it into a charter school under private management or even shut it down.<\/p>\n

A parent trigger bill was hotly contested in the Florida Legislature<\/a> last spring. It was also known as the \u201cParent Empowerment in Education\u201d bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The bill was opposed by teacher’s unions and the PTA.<\/p>\n

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Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich said, \u201cIt has everything to do with laying the groundwork for the hostile corporate takeover of public schools throughout Florida, a direct attack on public education.\u201d<\/p>\n

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