The Senate was fairly deep into debate on HB 493, the education "mastery" bill, when its Senate sponsor, Sen. Russ Fulcher, R-Meridian, abruptly asked to move the bill to the 14th Order for amendment. Fulcher said he thought the program set up by the bill - incentives, including scholarships, for kids who move through school more quickly and graduate a year or more early - was a pilot program for just six years, but in looking through the bill, he couldn't find the expiration clause. Fulcher asked to move the bill to the amending order "for the purpose of making sure that that sunset is as advertised," and the Senate unanimously agreed.