Read the bills

Why did thousands of Idahoans protest the Luna plan? Read the bills for yourself and see.

A few “highlights” are listed below, or you can click the buttons to read the bills in their entirety.

Bill 1108 Bill 1110 Bill 1184

Senate Bill 1108

• Rolls back the collective bargaining rights of Idaho teachers
• Prohibits professional negotiations regarding such issues as class sizes, lesson planning, and student health and safety
• Requires that school districts advertise on behalf of professional liability insurance providers
• Ends the practice of issuing renewable contracts to teachers
• Allows trustees to reduce salaries and change teacher working conditions without negotiations or due process
• Eliminates the fact-finding process in professional negotiations
• Allows school districts to fire proven teachers without legitimate reasons or a fair hearing
• Takes away funding safeguards for school districts experiencing unexpected enrollment declines

Senate Bill 1110

• Bases teacher performance pay on student test scores
• Establishes  a complicated, vague and unproven pay scheme
• Requires local school districts to spend $89 million on bonuses over two years without providing a source of state funding

Senate Bill 1184

• Reduces state funding to local school districts by $156 million over the next six years
• Requires individual “mobile computing devices” for high school students
• Authorizes school districts to reduce the teaching staff by up to 25 percent
• Mandates online courses for high school graduation
• Forces local school boards to offset funding cuts and pay for laptop computers by:
  • Increasing class sizes,
  • Cutting pay for teachers and other school employees,
  • Shortening the school year,
  • Eliminating extra-curricular activities and enrichment programs, and/or
  • Raising local property taxes

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