Metro Council Calls Special Meeting Over Charter Trigger Law

The chair of the Metro Council’s education committee has called a special meeting to discuss a state law allowing parents to essentially take over school. The never-before-used trigger law permits petitioners to convert a public school into a charter.

The committee plans to meet in October to hear from charter experts representing Metro Schools and the state’s board of education.

The trigger law has become a hot topic in recent days. Monday night, Nashville Mayor Karl Dean will make remarks prior to the screening of a film on the subject.

Some parents and business leaders are starting to push for an alternate way to open a charter school serving high achieving students. They felt they unfairly faced stiff resistance from the Metro school board, which drove away Great Hearts Academies earlier this month.