Two of the three bills in state schools Supt. Tom Luna's reform package are up for debate in the Senate today: SB 1108, trimming teacher contract rights; and SB 1110, establishing a pay-for-performance system for teachers. Here's a list of the changes that SB 1108 would make, as detailed in the bill's Statement of Purpose:

• Phasing out continuing contract rights, sometimes called "tenure," for all current and future teachers who have not yet earned it. New teachers instead would have one- or two-year contracts.
• Requiring student achievement measures, such as test scores, and feedback from parents to be factored into teacher evaluations.
• Eliminating seniority as a factor in decisions on layoffs.
• Giving principals more control over teacher hires.
• Providing liability insurance options for teachers.
• Eliminating the 99% average daily attendance protection feature of the state funding formula, which protects school districts that lose students from one year to the next from sharp drops in state funding,
and replacing it with a 10% severance payment for teachers laid off due to enrollment swings.
• Eliminating the Early Retirement Incentive Program.
• Limiting the length of negotiated labor agreements to one year.
• Eliminating "evergreen" clauses from negotiated labor agreements.
• Requiring that unions provide documentation that they represent over 50% of employees in
order for collective bargaining to take place.
• Limiting collective bargaining to salaries and benefits.
• Requiring that all labor negotiations be conducted in public meetings.