Senate panel sides with Luna on school reform
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.