Kevin’s blog

How did Senate opponents cobble together the 18 votes needed to submarine a public schools budget? The 2012 Senate elections changed the equation considerably.

First they grumbled. Then Senate Education Committee members said yes to forming an interim committee to spend the off-season studying K-12 issues.

The Senate’s vote to reject the public schools budget has thrown the Statehouse into turmoil. But it’s nothing like the budget donnybrook that unfolded 21 years ago.

A dysfunctional session on education issues? That’s how one senator puts it. And with Wednesday’s public schools budget vote, the session could continue into next week.

State superintendent Tom Luna’s spokeswoman calls out Glenn Beck for spreading misinformation about one of Luna’s initiatives, the “common core” standards,

Here are seven education-related bills to watch in the next 24 hours. And one other foolproof harbinger of the end of a legislative session.

A school safety bill appears dead. A once-defeated school labor bill may rise from the dead. Confusing? Yes. So here is a quick civics lesson, Statehouse style.

The State Department of Education studied four-day school calendars and cost savings for school districts — in 2008. A recent newspaper story is bringing this five-year-old study some new attention.

The Senate is fixing for a fight Wednesday over the 2013-14 public schools budget. And one small-town elementary school’s technology program appears to be in the midst of the battle.

If you’re keeping score, there may be four education-related committees to watch this summer. Legislators could spend the summer studying the transfer of federal lands to state ownership.