Goedde: Reward good teachers, stop making excuses for bad ones
![Sen. John Goedde, R-Coeur d'Alene, offers his closing debate Thursday in favor of SB 1108, the bill to restrict teacher contract rights. It passed on a 20-15 vote, after nearly four hours of debate; the Senate then immediately launched into SB 1110, a teacher performance-pay bill. (Betsy Russell)](https://thumb.spokesman.com/QSz22XBrreUyxN19eKCAnu5hhOI=/810x0/media.spokesman.com/photos/2011/02/24/goedde-close-2-24-11.jpg)
Sen. John Goedde, R-Coeur d'Alene, in his closing debate on SB 1108, the teacher contract bill, read from a speech by President Obama, "We want to reward good teachers and stop making excuses for bad ones." He said, "This is a first step in providing some additional control for local school districts to administer and to accept the responsibility that our electorate provides when they sent them to office."