Four new bills introduced today to amend ‘Students Come First’ laws
Three bills making a series of mostly minor changes to all three of last year's “Students Come First” school reform laws have been introduced in the Senate Education Committee this afternoon at the request of Jason Hancock, aide to state schools Supt. Tom Luna. Meanwhile, another measure introduced in the House Education committee today would broaden the program's performance-pay bonus program so that teachers with fewer than three years of experience would be eligible; Rep. Mack Shirley, R-Rexburg, called the decision to exclude those new teachers from the bonus plan “unfair and unnecessary,” the AP reports. All four measures now await committee hearings.