Two big bills making up State Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna's sweeping reform plan are being presented to the Senate Education Committee this afternoon for introduction. Luna aide Jason Hancock, who is presenting the first bill, making changes in labor conditions from eliminating tenure for all new teachers to banning the use of seniority as a consideration in teacher layoffs, said it totals just 25 pages. Early versions of the bills that were posted online on the superintendent's website were 45 and 91 pages, but Hancock said they included "annotations" and other additional information.

The first bill also eliminates the 99 percent funding protection that school districts now have, to protect them from sharp funding swings from year to year when students leave. "We're basically funding students twice right now," Hancock said. The bill does away with the clause, in favor of allowing districts to lay teachers off in September if fewer students show up, and pay them severance payments. The bill also repeals the early retirement incentive program for teachers and makes an array of other changes.