There’s a what-if question being debated in Idaho politics that matters quite a bit: What if voters in November reject Propositions 1, 2 and 3, repealing state Superintendent Tom Luna’s Students Come First school reform laws? The laws, passed in 2011, already are being phased in. If voters opt to repeal them in the referendum vote, that would stop. The laws rolled back teachers’ collective bargaining rights, imposed a new merit-pay bonus system, and called for providing a laptop computer for every Idaho high school student and a new focus on online learning, among other changes. The first laptops are to be distributed this fall to teachers, with the first third of high school students getting them next fall. This year’s public school budget includes $38.8 million for the merit-pay bonuses for teachers, $13.6 million for technology and more than $2.5 million for laptops. Luna, who unveiled his budget request for the 2013-’14 school year last week, said he had no alternative proposal if the measures are voted down and decried the push as posing a major midyear disruption for schools/Betsy Russell, SR. More here. (AP file photo)

Question: Are you going to join me in voting to reject Superintendent Tom Luna's radical education "reforms" in November?