Here are Sen. Dean Cameron's sixth through ninth reasons he's opposing SB 1184:
6 - The multi-year reduction in salary-based apportionment, which he called the "most appalling" part of the bill. "It's not just a one-year reduction because we need the money this year, it' a multi-year commitment."
7 - He said the bill "avoids transparency at the state level," because, "in many cases ... this bill puts the public schools budget on auto pilot." It gives "new authority and power to expend and distribute funds" to the state superintendent of schools, he said, not the legislature.
8 - "I have grave concerns over the approval of the online courses. I am a fan of online courses." But Cameron said the bill requires taxpayers to fund any online courses parents want their students to take, with or without their school district's approval. "Why in the world would we say with or without?" He said there are many courses that students or parents may want to take, but that doesn't mean taxpayers should pay for them.
9 -  "The bill creates three new entitlements." He said, "The public wants to do the right thing. I think the voters, at least in my district, were emphatic that they wanted the state to continue to control spending, they wanted to continue to control the size of government. They did not want to create more entitlements." The three new entitlements Cameron said the bill creates in Idaho state law: Online learning, dual credit for early graduates, and mobile computing devices for all high school teachers and students.

Cameron said, "It's wrong for Idaho and it's wrong for the taxpayer. It's wrong for education, and most importantly it's wrong for our kids."