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Senate panel sides with Luna on school reform

Idaho state schools Supt. Tom Luna, center, confers with his chief of staff, Luci Willits, before the Senate Education Committee takes up his final school reform bill on Tuesday; at left is Luna aide Jason Hancock, who drafted the bill. (Betsy Russell)
Idaho state schools Supt. Tom Luna, center, confers with his chief of staff, Luci Willits, before the Senate Education Committee takes up his final school reform bill on Tuesday; at left is Luna aide Jason Hancock, who drafted the bill. (Betsy Russell)

Here's a link to my full story at spokesman.com on today's committee approval of the third school reform bill in state schools Supt. Tom Luna's three-bill package, after the measure was reworked but kept its main parts - phasing in new laptop computers for every Idaho high school student, diverting school district funds to online course providers, and shifting funding from teachers to technology. The Senate Education Committee's 6-3 approval of the bill, SB 1184, came after invited stakeholders unanimously panned the new bill; it marks a victory for the committee's chairman, Sen. John Goedde, R-Coeur d'Alene, the bill's lead legislative sponsor.



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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