California Parents for Public Virtual Education

07/28/2026

Join Us for the Next Parents Matter Campaign District Staff Briefings

The Parents Matter Campaign invites you to participate in our next district staff briefings on Monday, August 3. We will be meeting with the staff of Assemblymember Carl DeMaio and Senator Steven Choi to share parent perspectives on current education legislation and discuss issues impacting California families.

These zoom conversations provide an important opportunity to thank both legislators for their steadfast support of parent choice and their ongoing commitment to expanding educational opportunities for students across California.

If you are interested in joining these briefings, please email Bailey MeCey at [email protected] for additional zoom details and scheduling information.

Your voice matters, and we hope you'll join us in ensuring parents remain an essential part of California's education policy discussions.

We are also sharing our most recent op-ed which highlights the Parents Matter Campaign:

A recent op-ed publish in The California Globe contends that California applies significantly stricter oversight to charter schools compared to traditional public school districts, despite both receiving taxpayer funding and serving public school students. Author Aidan Chao asserts that accountabili...

07/22/2026

Check out the new survey on behalf of our national partners at Parents for School Options…

06/09/2026

Asm. Muratsuchi’s aggressive push for school choice restrictions coincided with a statewide campaign for Superintendent of Public Instruction. Read more:

Kids in a classroom. (Photo: Shutterstock/Syda Productions) When Sacramento Listens to Bureaucrats Instead of Parents, Education Suffers – and Voters Push Back Asm. Muratsuchi’s aggressive push for school choice restrictions coincided with a statewide campaign for Superintendent of Public Instru...

05/22/2026

Half a million children.

That is the number of virtual students who are being left behind. Left out. Left… hungry.

Six months ago, our friends at DLAC released a staggering report that shed light on the vast inequities facing virtual school students.

Among the many elevations included this one fact: Roughly 51% of the estimated 1 million virtual school students qualified for the free and reduced lunch program.

However, because of outdated policy, these students receive nothing.

Parents and families who choose the exercise their right of school choice are punished by losing out on the benefits they need and qualify for.

This has to change.
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05/14/2026

This step-by-step advocacy guide by Parents for School Options walks you through the process of becoming a school choice advocate in your state. But know that advocacy is not a one-size-fits-all model, and that you can pick and choose the ways in which you want to make your voice heard.

05/10/2026

Are you ready to share your student’s story?

We are looking for parents and educators to educate legislate staff about our students and schools – and the benefits afforded to our families via an online or personalized learning curriculum.

Join us for our next round of legislative staff briefings with Assemblymember Greg Wallis, Assemblymember David Alvarez, Assemblymember Heather Hadwick. See schedule below for the next zoom meeting. Email [email protected] and we’ll share the zoom meeting details.

Here’s a recent op-ed to provide you with more background about the Parents Matter Campaign:
https://www.charternewswire.com/parents-matter-putting-families-at-the-center-of-californias-education-debate/

Upcoming Legislative Staff Briefings

• Assemblymember Greg Wallis – Tuesday, May 12 @ 11 -- 11:30 AM
Assembly District 47: Riverside + San Bernardino Counties

• Assemblymember David Alvarez – Wednesday, May 20 @ 12 -- 12:30 PM
Assembly District 80: San Diego County

• Assemblymember Heather Hadwick – Wednesday, May 20 @ 3 -- 3:30 PM
Assembly District 1: Alpine, Amador, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra and Siskiyou Counties

In California’s ongoing education debates, one truth too often goes unspoken: the most important stakeholders in a child’s education are their parents. That’s why the Parents Matter Campaign is not just timely — it is essential. For the last 3 months, meetings at numerous state lawmaker dist...

05/08/2026

04/01/2026

Read about CPPVE’s presentation of the Golden Apple Award to Senator Angelique Ashby.

In a state where debates over education can often feel entrenched, moments of recognition can cut through the noise. This week,California Parents for Public Virtual Educationnamed Senate Majority LeaderAngelique Ashbyas a recipient of its Golden Apple Award — a nod to her ongoing support for paren...

03/26/2026

Congrats to one of our California students!

03/25/2026

We are grateful to the parents who attended our advocacy summit this year. Today, CPPVE presented our Golden Apple Award to the staff for Senator Angelique Ashby.