The sponsor of the second bill, Sen. Ed Emery, R-Lamar, said his bill would address this concern with a sliding scale of evaluation requirements for teachers and principals. To look at all factors affecting student's achievement, school districts would be able to choose to weigh the two evaluation areas of progress and actual achievement in a variety of ways. They could choose to base the evaluation from 40 to 60 percent off of student progress with the remaining percentage..
But Republican Senator Ed Emery, who voted against the proposal, says there should already be money in the state's $24 billion budget for road projects.
But not all members of the Senate were enthusiastic about the idea. Republican Senator Ed Emery said the amateur sport tax credit may not benefit the state.
Sen. Ed Emery, R-Lamar, said the argument that bonds do not create new taxes is not convincing to him. He said he thinks the state government should exchange priorities to fund infrastructure like roads, which government should be doing.