As the Senate began its business this morning, Majority Leader Bart Davis, R-Idaho Falls, announced that the Senate will go at ease later this morning to allow the State Affairs Committee to meet and introduce the new bill regarding issues in the public school budget – the measure aimed at ending an impasse that’s delayed the end of this year’s legislative session. Then, the Senate will reconvene to read the bill over the desk and set the stage for a hearing in the Senate and House education committees on Wednesday morning.

If the bill wins committee approval, the Senate would suspend its rules and consider it on the spot, with an eye to getting it over to the House. Also, the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee would convene tomorrow afternoon to consider a revised public school budget.

If all proceeds smoothly, Davis said, the Senate should be in a position to adjourn sine die on Thursday.