JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – With the recent controversy over failing schools, a new bill that will make it to the Senate Tuesday has a lot of Duval County schools parents talking.
Under the proposed bill called "The Trigger Bill," if parents aren't happy about their child's class, they can pull the trigger by starting a petition.
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If parents gather enough signatures they can trigger a turnaround plan at the school in question. In some cases, that means turning the school over to be run by a private company.
"If a school's not doing well at this time, they need someone to go in and change everything around," said parent Sanquenette Guidry.
While some parents Channel 4 spoke with Monday night said they would support this idea, not everyone thinks it would be best.
"The parent Trigger Bill is an idea that came out of California and wasn't successful there and now they're trying to sell it here," explained Director of Save Duval Schools Colleen Wood.
Members of the Save our Schools organization said the idea of "triggering" connotes seriously dire conditions.
"Pulling the trigger implies destruction and we are not going to allow any Florida community go into chaos and destruction for a bill being pushed by lobbyists from out of state," said Save Duval Schools Deborah Gianoulis.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is one of the supporters of the bill that critics say will likely cause division between parents if it's passed.
"I don't think it's good," said parent Andre Bonnett. "If they turn it over to a private company who says they're going to get any better education than they're getting right now?"