Idaho Gov. Butch Otter is reaching out to the opponents of the failed "Students Come First" school reform laws, including the leaders of the Idaho Education Association; they've been invited to an initial meeting with the governor's staff tomorrow. "I can confirm there is going to be a meeting," said Jon Hanian, Otter's press secretary. Otter won't be there himself, as he's attending a Republican Governors Association meeting in Las Vegas today through Thursday at which governors are discussing their options on health care reform in the wake of last week's election, but Otter will be represented at tomorrow's meeting by his senior special assistant on education, Roger Brown.

"This isn't about a specific bill or piece of legislation - it's about a conversation and developing a road map on how we can continue improving our education system," Hanian said. "This will be the first formal meeting since the election. We started reaching out to them last week." Hanian said the governor plans to reach out to all stakeholders on school improvement, after the overwhelming voter rejection last week of Propositions 1, 2 and 3. "The people spoke," Hanian said, as far as those measures. "We need to continue discussion about improving our education system in the state."