The Foundation for Florida鈥檚 Future isn鈥檛 giving up on the . They鈥檙e asking people to announce their support on Twitter and other social media with ready-made post to cut and paste.
The bill 鈥� officially titled 鈥� would give parents more power in choosing how to change a chronically failing school.
, just as it did last year, in a 20鈥�20 tie vote in the Senate.
The foundation, an education policy organization founded by , sent an email today with the subject line: 鈥淲e will not ignore parents.鈥�
From the email:
20 Florida senators and 68 representatives trusted Florida parents and voted to include them in the decision-making process on how to improve failing schools. But in the end, politics won out over parents.
Moms and dads who supported parent empowerment were told over and over again 鈥� by lawmakers and by the media 鈥� they do not exist. But their voices are just as important and just as meaningful as the voices of those in organizations who opposed this bill.
It then links to a video criticizing the defeat of the bill. The video features interviews with parents and footage from legislative committees where parents testified in favor of the bill.
The email encourages supporters to share the 鈥渕essage using ready-made posts.鈥�
- So many were behind #ParentEmpowerment this year and we鈥檙e thanking those who helped: #Sayfie
- Parents, we鈥檒l continue to work to make sure you鈥檙e not ignored: #Sayfie #ParentEmpowerment
Much of the parent trigger debate has focused on . A coalition of parent groups, including the PTA, opposed the bill and said it was being pushed by out-of-state interests.
Parent trigger supporters . A spokesman for StudentsFirst, the group which submitted the petition, said the petitions are legitimate because they logged the Internet addresses of the computers used to sign the petition.
Meanwhile, a video by a group called Sunshine Parents was actually produced by California-based Parent Revolution.
The session may not be a total loss for parent trigger supporters.
that passed the Florida House today and now goes to Gov. Rick Scott. (The bill puts accountability measures in place for charters and makes it easier for charters to expand.)
The provision would prevent students from having teachers two years in a row in the same subject who are rated less than effective.
After the bill passed, :
Thank goodness 74 members of the legislature believe FL students deserve effective teachers
鈥� Fdn for FL鈥檚 Future (@AFloridaPromise)
The same bill also calls for a delay in .
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