State Board of Education puts the brakes on parent-trigger law
A group will be appointed to study how to implement the measure, which lets parents petition for sweeping reforms at low-performing schools. Critics see it as an attempt to derail the law.
 Ismania Guzman, center, celebrates with supporters after they gained enough signatures to force an overhaul at McKinley Elementary School in Compton. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times /January 17, 2011) The state Board of Education, in its first full meeting with a majority of members appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown, moved Wednesday to put the brakes on a landmark law that gives parents the right to force major reforms at low-performing schools. The board took no action on proposed regulations to implement the law but instead will set up a working group to help determine the procedures. The panel will include those who had complained that the previous board was rushing the process without sufficiently considering their input. The board will reconsider the issue in March. "We believe all parties involved in public schools should have a say before critical decisions are made," said Richard Zeiger, chief deputy superintendent of public instruction. But critics charge that the delay is politically motivated and aimed at derailing the law, known as the |
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