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Parents – watch out for parent trigger proposals in your state

by pureparents

PAA member Caroline Grannan recently posted this update on the parent trigger, explaining that, despite well-funded propaganda, there are no successful parent trigger programs. The Parent Revolution, which pushed the California parent trigger law, has apparently abandoned the strategy.

Yet parent trigger proposals are popping up all over the country, including Florida. Details in this PAA press release:

For immediate release: January 10, 2012

Why Parents Across America Opposes Florida’s Parent Empowerment Legislation:

It represents neither real parent choice nor genuine empowerment.

Florida’s new legislation is modeled after California’s Parent Empowerment Act passed in early 2010. It is widely supported by backers of corporate reform.

The law creates a process known as the “Parent Trigger,”