If the parent trigger bill goes through can low performing charter schools be turned into public schools?

From Education Tweak:

At a time when lawmakers are searching for ways to drive change and empower parents, a new proposal would allow California parents to force charter school operators to turn their schools into neighborhood schools.

The proposal builds on the state’s existing Parent Trigger law, which allows 51 percent of parents at schools with low test scores to force a district to turn that school over to a charter school operator. But according to New Parent Trigger organizer Sue Meyers, that law does not go far enough.

“What about parents in communities served by low-performing charter schools? We need help, too.”

“Our charter is awful,” Meyers said. “Teachers come and go before we even know who they are. Decisions are made by the school’s corporate headquarters. They have no teachers to help with special needs kids or English learners.”

Meyers spoke last night to a gathering or other concerned parents. “Why do parents have to stand idly by?” she asked. “Why can’t we have high-achieving, unionized schools like the rich people across town?”

Meyers says that the group is currently struggling to get financial backing. “We sought funding from the Gates, Broad and Walton Foundations, all of which generously supported the initial parent trigger policy initiatives. But they turned us down. I don’t understand why they don’t want to support us as well.”

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