Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, said any "tweaks" that lawmakers enact to the "Students Come First" school reform plan in the coming legislative session will be minor, and won't affect the upcoming November 2012 referendum vote on the package. "We don't want to affect the referendum," Hill said. "They had 40,000 signatures to put it on the ballot. We owe the people the right to vote on that. We're not going to sabotage that."

Hill said he's conferring with the Idaho Attorney General's office to make sure any proposed legislation doesn't affect the referendum vote. He said the possible "tweaks" would come from state schools Supt. Tom Luna and Senate Education Chairman John Goedde, who sponsored the original package last year, "some small things they want to do to make it work better."