Parent Trigger Hits “Local Control” Roadblock in Florida Senate
From Kathleen McGrory of the Times/Herald:
As expected, Sen. Kelli Stargel‘s parent trigger bill won the support of the Senate appropriations panel Tuesday — and is now headed to the Senate floor.
There was, however, one plot twist.
At a previous committee stop, Sen. David Simmons added language that would give school districts the final say in determining how to improve a struggling school. (That is, they could ignore a group of parents demanding change.) Sen. Lizbeth Benaquisto filed an amendment Monday to remove that provision, and let the state Board of Education make the final call.
But Stargel had the amendment withdrawn at the start of Tuesday’s hearing.
It isn’t that Stargel wants to keep Simmons’s language. In fact, she wants it stripped from the bill,