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Republican Sen. Ted Harvey knew exactly what was going to happen when he presented his bill to require school districts to post their finances online:

After his three witnesses testified in favor of the measure, education interests would argue against it and the Democratic- controlled Education Committee would kill it.

To Harvey's surprise, a flood of strangers - including a retired reporter and a former county commissioner - showed up in January to urge passage of Senate Bill 57. The measure didn't die, but it was amended to "encourage" districts to post the information rather than require it.

Harvey is going to try to strip the encouragement provision today on the Senate floor.