Sen. Nicole LeFavour, D-Boise, asked former Meridian School District Superintendent Christine Donnell, who is representing the Idaho Coalition for Education Excellence, a business group, whether the school reform bills, which her group is supporting, might have serious impacts on the Meridian school district, such as putting more kids in classrooms than will fit or endangering accreditation. And then she asked  Donnell why, if the bill calls for an 18-month ramp-up on the technology reforms, she wouldn't prefer waiting until next year to pass bills, "to perfect what we have here ... and then come back and look at legislation once we've got it right."

Donnell responded, "I can't answer that. ... We have given our broad support. ... We have not drilled down on the details. We don't feel that that's our role." She said she has her own personal opinions on the bills, but she's not here to present those; she's speaking for the business group.