Debriefing Parent Trigger’s Defeat in the Florida Senate | Scathing Purple Musings

Debriefing Parent Trigger’s Defeat in the Florida Senate | Scathing Purple Musings:

Debriefing Parent Trigger’s Defeat in the Florida Senate

by Bob Sikes

Failed
Again :)

Perhaps Senator Bill Montford said it best in this quote he gave Palm Beach Post reporter Dara Kam:

Sen. Bill Montford, a Tallahassee Democrat and former school superintendent, said parents already have the ability to make their voices heard.
“The issue is how do we get parents interested in the options already available to them. This bill will not help that,” Montford said. “I hope a year form now…we’ll spend this much time and energy trying to find a way to get our parents meaningfully involved.”

Indeed. Montford might get some republican senators to agree with him, too. This curious and divisive bill’s second straight defeat in Florida will hopefully bring  it’s popularity to an end and doom  the national expansion of Parent Revolution – a shady organization of political hacks whose existence depends solely on Parent Trigger legislation. This is Florida afterall and it’s been established as THE model of education reform. Jeb Bush has assured as much.
Ah, yes…… Jeb Bush. The Florida legislature only took up Parent Trigger again because Bush vowed it would