For all who’d like to testify…

The Senate Education Committee invites public testimony on state Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna’s “Students Come First” school reform plan, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 8-9-10. The public hearings will run from 3-5 p.m. in the Capitol Auditorium; people can sign up to testify starting at 2 p.m. each day. Click below for more details.

Senate Education Committee invites public to hearings on Luna’s “Students Come First” plan

Boise, Idaho – The Senate Education Committee will be taking public testimony on Superintendent Tom Luna’s “Students Come First” plan this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, February 8, 9 and 10. The public hearings will run from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The hearings will take place in the Capitol Auditorium (WW02), which is located on the Garden level.

Those wishing to testify (for a maximum of three minutes each) are encouraged to arrive early as the opportunity to testify will be given on a first come, first serve basis for the first hour – with Education Chair John Goedde using his discretion to allow for geographic diversity in the second hour of each hearing. Legislative staff will begin taking sign-ups at 2 p.m. each day.

Members of the public are encouraged to bring their testimony in writing. Due to limited time, all who come may not get a chance to testify before the committee. However, all written testimony will be taken, added to the public record and distributed to all committee members.

Those unable to attend the public hearings are encouraged to send their thoughts to Committee Secretary Sara Pealy at spealy@senate.idaho.gov . Any comments sent to this email will be added to the public record and distributed to the members of the committee.

The public hearing will be streamed live over the Internet and can be found at http://www.idahoptv.org/leglive/ . For additional information, please call committee staff at (208) 332-1321.