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Parents for Choice in Education

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Who Makes the Grade on Innovation, Accountability and Parental Empowerment?
Parents for Choice in Education releases its’ first ever Legislative Report Card for the 2009 Legislative Session

Salt Lake City, UT — march 30, 2009 —Parents for Choice in Education (PCE) releases its first ever Legislative Report Card. During the 2009 Session, PCE introduced and advocated for legislation that would bring more innovation, accountability, efficiency in funding, and parental empowerment to Utah’s K-12 education system.

“The status quo can no longer be the standard," stated Robyn Bagley, Board Chairman of Parents for Choice in Education. "K-12 education currently represents a third of our state’s budget. As we face major budget cuts and the reality that in the U.S. and right here in Utah our students continue to lag behind other industrialized nations, it’s imperative for citizens to hold elected officials accountable to implement efficient, innovative, empowering solutions to education that will prepare our children for a 21'st century global economy."

This report card chronicles the votes by Senators and Representatives on legislation that offered real solutions to a system that needs to be more responsive to the mounting evidence that we are not keeping pace nor making significant gains. The intent of the report card is to bring awareness to parents, taxpayers, business and community leaders about the positions of their elected officials on critical education policy so that they, as citizens, will be empowered to demand comprehensive solutions.

Go here to view PCE’s 2009 Legislative Report Card.

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Parents for Choice in Education is dedicated to ensuring every child has equal access to a quality education by empowering parents, increasing choice, and promoting innovative solutions to Utah’s educational challenges.

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