Comments about ‘Parent-teacher compromise discussed’

PTA has NOT OK'd a compromise on SB199. A meeting was held, and the information from that meeting will be discussed today with the PTA Board. It is premature to say that any compromise has been reached.

Holly Langton
Education Commissioner
Utah PTA

I agree PTA does not make deals without board support. I do not trust anything Bramble says.

The Bramble-proposed "compromise" as reported, will not change the ability of PTA to work with the schools next year. The bill will still say that schools cannot work with dues-charging parent groups.

Any bill that will give a PTO equal as the PTA in a school, is a very good thing. Having lived in the Southeast and Midwest for several years, I have seen that parent-teacher interaction can work very well with with a PTO, that does not use heavy-handed tactics.

Our school switched to an independent parent teacher organization because we wanted to give every teacher and parent an equal voice in all decisions. It has been a huge success. In fact, donations to the school increased and parent participation is extremely high. Everyone feels that they can contribute and that their voice is heard. A person or group also can voice their own opinion without fear tactics and from the PTA telling them that they can only positively speak on issues that the PTA supports. It is about time a bill like this is in the works; it supports freedom for all, it doesn't discriminte, and it sends the right message to our children.