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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Grumpy Educators: Florida: Parent, community member, and tax payer opposition strengthens

Grumpy Educators: Florida: Parent, community member, and tax payer opposition strengthens:

Florida: Parent, community member, and tax payer opposition strengthens

Florida legislators introduced a Parent Trigger bill, calling it the Parent Empowerment Act. Under the bill, parents and teachers could vote to turn a public school into a charter school if 51% agree and the local elected school board has no say in the matter. However, in a combined statement, these Florida parent groups have come out publicly opposing the legislation:Florida PTAFund Education