Stargel Bill to Grade Parents: State Intrusion in Parenting
Published: Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 12:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 3:25 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 3:25 p.m.
State Rep. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland, filed a bill Tuesday to require public schoolteachers in prekindergarten through third grade to grade parental involvement on student report cards.
For all grades -- pre-K through 12 -- the bill says "each teacher shall monitor and assess the quality of the involvement of the parents of each student in his or her class."
Parental grades in pre-K through third grade would be based on:
- "Parental response to requests for
