The Future of Parent Trigger in the Florida Senate
In short, the cash and electioneering from Michelle Rhee, for-profit charter schools, ed privatization PACs and the RPOF didn’t help Parent Trigger in Democrat state senate races, but may have in Republican ones.
For the opponents of parent trigger who helped defeat it last March, the expected victory’s by former representatives to the senate, John Legg and Kelli Stargel, will be grudgingly recognized as unwavering votes for the charter school takeover bill. Legg is a charter school owner, who due to lack of any ethics rules in the Florida legislature, will be allowed to vote on parent trigger even though it provides a clear benefit for a business he owns. Stargel has already demonstrated a willingness to run interference for for-profit charter schools by throwing a wrench into Polk schools desire to open its own charter schools.
A clear effort was made to elevate Key West democratic Rep. Ron Saunders to a win in Senate District 39, bu
For the opponents of parent trigger who helped defeat it last March, the expected victory’s by former representatives to the senate, John Legg and Kelli Stargel, will be grudgingly recognized as unwavering votes for the charter school takeover bill. Legg is a charter school owner, who due to lack of any ethics rules in the Florida legislature, will be allowed to vote on parent trigger even though it provides a clear benefit for a business he owns. Stargel has already demonstrated a willingness to run interference for for-profit charter schools by throwing a wrench into Polk schools desire to open its own charter schools.
A clear effort was made to elevate Key West democratic Rep. Ron Saunders to a win in Senate District 39, bu