Bayer motion fails, blueprint prevails

Rep. Cliff Bayer’s alternative motion has failed on a 3-16 vote, with just Reps. George Eskridge, R-Dover, and Frank Henderson, R-Post Falls, supporting Bayer. Then, the original motion for the teachers division of the public school budget, the one developed by a group headed by the JFAC co-chairs, passed 15-4, on a straight party-line vote with the panel’s four Democrats objecting.