In his proposed Parent Employment and Choice Act, also known as "the parent trigger," Sen. Joseph Kyrillos (R., Monmouth) wants to enable parents of children in low-performing schools to petition to force one of three overhaul measures, if a majority of parents in a given school sign on.

The measures are converting the school into a charter, changing school administrators, or establishing a tuition voucher program. It is unclear who would pay for such vouchers.

...Kyrillos' legislation is modeled after a law adopted in California this year. Earlier this month, the McKinley Elementary School in Compton, Calif., became the first school to get a majority of parents to sign a parent-trigger petition, demanding the school become a charter.

Similar legislation is being considered in Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, West Virginia, and Maryland..."

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