Academic Excellence

The Issue: California spends more than $23,000 per student each year, yet student performance in math and reading ranks near the bottom nationwide. Instead of focusing on proven basics, lawmakers keep layering new programs and bureaucracy without fixing core academics.

Why It Matters: Our children are falling behind nationally and globally. Every dollar wasted on ineffective programs is a dollar not spent on classrooms and teachers.

How We Respond: Parent Revolt advocates for local control of curriculum, accountability for results, and candidates who will push back on Sacramento mandates that do nothing to raise test scores.

 The Issue: AB 1955 (the “SAFETY Act”) blocks schools from informing parents about a child’s gender identity without the child’s consent. Other bills add layers of bureaucracy but reduce parental oversight of curriculum and budgets.

Why It Matters: Families are being cut out of life-changing decisions about their children and kept in the dark about what’s taught in classrooms.

How We Respond: Parent Revolt will challenge secrecy policies, demand curriculum transparency, and back leaders who put parents - not Sacramento - back at the center of education. 

 The Issue: The legislature has banned suspensions for “willful defiance” (SB 274), leaving teachers without tools to handle classroom disruption. Violence, drugs, and chronic absenteeism are on the rise, while parents are kept in the dark about incidents.

Why It Matters: Learning can’t happen in unsafe, chaotic classrooms. Parents deserve peace of mind that their kids are safe at school.

How We Respond: We fight to restore discipline policies, demand transparency in safety reporting, and support school board candidates who will prioritize order and security. 

 The Issue: Sacramento continues to emphasize “college-for-all,” while failing to expand pathways like apprenticeships and trade programs. Meanwhile, lawmakers are focused on creating new oversight offices instead of real-world solutions for students.

Why It Matters: Not every child is headed to college. Students deserve options that prepare them for well-paying jobs and successful futures.

How We Respond: Parent Revolt will advocate for expanding career and technical education and support leaders who will champion alternatives to the one-size-fits-all model. 

  The Issue: Families with special needs children still face long waits and battles for services. Bills like AB 640 and AB 84 create new training mandates and bureaucratic offices, but don’t directly improve services for kids who need them most.

Why It Matters: Special education shouldn’t require parents to fight the system to get the basics. Every child deserves a fair chance to succeed.

How We Respond: We will push for funding to reach classrooms and services directly, and recruit candidates who will enforce IEP compliance and make student needs - not bureaucracy -the priority. 

 The Issue: California’s education budget grows every year, yet lawmakers keep proposing new offices (like AB 84’s Education Inspector General) instead of fixing waste and mismanagement already in the system.

Why It Matters: Billions are spent without results. Parents deserve to know how money is used—and why outcomes don’t match the investment.

How We Respond: We will demand audits, expose waste, and elect school board members committed to putting dollars in classrooms - not into more bureaucracy. 

 The Issue: Sacramento politicians keep targeting charter schools (SB 494 extends strict charter renewal standards), limiting options for families trapped in failing districts.

Why It Matters: Parents should have the right to choose the best school for their children, whether that’s a district school, a charter, or another option.

How We Respond: Parent Revolt will stand up for school choice, defend charters, and support leaders who believe families - not Sacramento - should decide where kids learn.