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PLF files brief in Anaheim school district 'parent trigger' law case
Today, PLF, along with Parent Revolution, filed this amicus brief in the California Court of Appeal in the case of Anaheim City School District v. Cecilia Ochoa. At issue in the case is whether California's Parent Empowerment Act--also known as the "parent trigger"--applied to Palm Lane Elementary School in Anaheim during the 2013-14 school year. ...
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Victory in Anaheim parent trigger law case
A little over a year ago we wrote about a maddening case in Anaheim, California. In 2015, a group of elementary school parents sought to take advantage of California's Parent Empowerment Act (the "parent trigger") to force the Anaheim City School District to convert their children's continually failing school into an independently operated charter ...
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Palm Lane Elementary will finally convert to a charter school
In April, the California Court of Appeal affirmed a victory won by parents of students at Anaheim's Palm Lane Elementary School. The parents had used California's "parent trigger" law to petition to have the perpetually failing school converted into a charter school, but the school district sued the parents to stop the petition and conversion. Earl ...