Very interesting. There are many "failing" schools in Monterey County, and plenty of dissatisfied parents out there. But so far, I haven't heard anyone locally wanting to use "parent trigger" laws.
The California State Board of Education has just approved a second set of regulations for the "Parent Empowerment," rules that allow for parents to gather enough signatures and demand changes to their school that are basically the four options allowed under No Child Left Behind: closure, convert it to a charter, fire the principal and half the staff, or transform it completely. The second set of rules were drafted after a controversy erupted in Southern California over how signatures were collected and validated. Veteran education reporter John Fensterwald has a good recap on the issue here. And here an interesting piece from Time Magazine about how the California law has spread to other 14 states.
With the new regulations in place, it'll be interesting to see if more parent groups get together to take advantage of the law.
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