The third straight day of heavily attended school reform hearings has wrapped up at close to 6 p.m. Boise time, after three hours. Of the 69 people who signed up to testify today, only six were in favor of the proposed school reform plan; all those testifying in the final hour are against it. Among them: Meridian high school student Kristen Drake told lawmakers, "Class sizes are already too high. There's no way that we can increase them. ... All of my classes are overcrowded. I currently have 42 students in my AP calculus class. Students who are not early to class have to sit on the floor."

Scott Hill, a charter school principal from Meridian, told the senators, "We know cuts are coming - we're not naive. We just ask to be a part of the solution." Marilyn Shuler, a former school board member and the former head of the Idaho Human Rights Commission, said the state will pay a "tremendous price" if it diminishes its public schools. "I'm willing to pay more taxes," she said. Businessman George Harad told the committee, "The proposal is half-baked and in many respects foolish."