California Legislature
Young Kim, Assemblywoman, 65th District
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 20, 2015
CONTACT: Bryan Shroyer, (916) 319-2012
Statement by Assemblywoman Young Kim on Decision to Uphold Parent Trigger Petition for Palm Lane Elementary
SACRAMENTO – Assemblywoman Young Kim issued the following statement in response to a court decision to uphold the Parent Trigger Petition submitted by Palm Lane Elementary parents seeking to transform their children’s school. Continue reading
CA’s “Parent Trigger” Laws Under Union Attack
By Larry Sand, California Political Review
Last week, parents in the Southern California desert city of Adelanto celebrated the opening of the first school transformed under the state’s 2010 parent-empowerment law, also known as the parent trigger. After two San Bernardino County Superior Court judges upheld their petition to take control of foundering Desert Trails Elementary School, parents selected a nonprofit charter operator to reopen the school as Desert Trails Preparatory Academy. But even as parents celebrate their accomplishments in Adelanto and elsewhere, school-reform opponents are renewing their efforts to undermine the law. Continue reading