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Clean sweep of teachers in Senate parent trigger bill | Get Schooled

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Clean sweep of teachers in Senate parent trigger bill

Take a look at this Google doc of the newly revised Parent Empowerment bill, notable for the clean sweep of any mention of teachers or educators. See my blog yesterday on the odd changes to this bill.
The bill initially had been called the Parent and Educator Empowerment bill, but you can’t find the words “teacher” or “educator” any longer in the title or the text of the legislation.
The bill, which passed the House, is in a Senate subcommittee today. Will update later what happened there.
In its original form, House Bill 123 allowed teachers and parents to petition to the school board for new management of their schools.
Now, the teacher part is gone.
Some theories making the rounds in the Gold Dome:  Teachers were included in the bill initially to help it gain