Dustin hurst reports one of the most controversial planks of Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna’s education reform laws is one step closer to being reversed.

The Senate Education Committee Monday unanimously approved a bill sponsored by Sen. Dean Cameron, R-Rupert, that would stop reductions to the teacher pay pool brought forth in the reform laws.

Instead of using money taken from the teacher pay pool to put more technology in classrooms, including laptops for students, Cameron’s bill would force the budget committee to find funding for everything.

That includes the tech reform, $30 million in merit pay for teachers and the pool for teacher pay.