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Eye On Boise archive for April 1, 2011

FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2011

What the bill does...

SB 1184, the school reform bill now being read in full in the House, calls for phasing in new laptop computers or other mobile computing devices for every Idaho high school student, with the first set going to teachers; diverting school district funds to online…

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Not quite poetry...

The full reading of SB 1184 in the House has hit page 13 of the 24-page bill; after 35 minutes, it's just over halfway read. Among the scintillating phrases read so far: "Determine the administrative staff allowance by multiplying the 43 support units by .075;…

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Full reading of SB 1184 begins in the House...

House Minority Leader John Rusche, D-Lewiston, has objected to waiving the full reading of SB 1184, the school reform bill to shift salary funds to technology purchases, have school districts pay for online courses, fund a new teacher merit-pay bonus plan from salary-based apportionment funds…

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Limericks: The R's and the D's

They won't ban drivers who text And health care reform makes them vexed. Their right is to farm Their students they arm Your budget is what they'll cut next. Objections don't stick in their throats Nor loss after loss get their goats Rather than cut…

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