A Parent Trigger bill that aims to give parents more influence in their children’s schools is making its way through the Tennessee legislature.
Filed by Rep. John DeBerry (D-Memphis), the bill would allow a petition by the majority of parents at schools performing in the state’s bottom 20 percent to trigger one of several reforms. Petitioning parents could choose conversion to a charter school, replacing the principal, replacing at least half the staff or closing the school.
House Bill 77 would replace several provisions in state law, including lowering the petition threshold from 60 percent of parents to 51 percent. It also allows parents to bring their petition to the state board of education if the local school board rejects it. This lets parents push for reform even if the school district resists to protect underperforming administrators' or teachers' jobs and salaries, DeBerry told School Reform News. To Read More……
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