Under existing law, if a public school fails to improve under a turnaround plan or operates under a priority improvement or turnaround plan for more than 5 consecutive school years, the state board of education (state board) directs the board of education of the school district (local school board) or the state charter school institute (institute) to take action to reconfigure the public school. The bill authorizes the parents of students enrolled in a public school that has operated under a priority improvement or turnaround plan for 2 consecutive years to submit a petition to the state board requesting the state board to direct the local school board or the institute to take action to reconfigure the public school immediately. The petition must be signed by more than 50% of the families of the students enrolled in the public school, and the parents must submit the petition by November 1 of the year preceding the year in which the public school would be reconfigured. If the state board receives such a petition, it must place consideration of the request on the agenda of the next regularly scheduled public state board meeting. The state board may choose to deny the petition, direct an action to take effect in the next school year, or reconsider the petition in the next school year. If the state board chooses to direct an action, it may ask the commissioner of education to convene the state review panel to evaluate the public school and make recommendations or it may direct the local school board or the institute to take action.