House convenes, school debate is next

The Idaho House has convened, and is going through its formalities before reaching its 3rd Reading Calendar, on which first up are SB 1108, the teacher contracts bill, and SB 1110, the teacher merit pay bill. Today’s debate on the two bills is expected to last until close to the time that the House and Senate Health & Welfare committees start their 1:30 p.m. hearing on proposed Medicaid cuts. Here, Speaker Lawerence Denney presides over the House.