Benchmarks are extra requirements with deadlines that are added to charter petitions, sometimes written into
the petitions by district staff and sometimes added by board members.
Not exact matches
Passed in 2010, the California law enables parents whose children attend a persistently failing school to «trigger» reforms, including replacing
staff or turning the school into a charter,
by presenting their school
district with a
petition containing at least 51 percent of their signatures.
* UPDATED A record number of charter schools, all outperforming nearby
district schools, have been recommended for denial
by LA Unified
staff when their
petitions come before Tuesday's school board meeting.