Sentences with phrase «force charter school conversions»

Critics argue the law is a corporate - backed privatization tool under the guise of parent empowerment; they are particularly concerned about using parent trigger to force charter school conversions, which could strip away from some schools the leadership of elected school boards.

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California's Parent Empowerment Act of 2010, known as the parent trigger law, enables parents representing more than 50 percent of students to sign a petition to force major reforms on a low - performing school, from firing the principal and half the staff to a charter conversion.

In the most recent trigger attempt, parents in California's Orange County filed a petition in January to force a charter conversion on Palm Lane Elementary School.