(Note: This is the third of a three-part series examining what a “yes” or “no” vote means on the state’s three propositions to be decided by voters in the general election Nov. 6. Tuesday featured Proposition 1. Wednesday was Proposition 2.)

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Proposition 3, one of the three education reform measures on the general election ballot Nov. 6, has much more to it than what is commonly used to describe it; that is, funding for high school students so they have access to mobile computing devices.

Also in the proposition, but largely overlooked in the debate over students having access to a computer funded by the state, are two significant reform measures in their own right. One requires school districts to post their labor union contracts online. The other permits post-secondary schools to operate charter high schools.

Proposition 3, according to a poll commissioned by the Idaho Statesman and conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research of Washington, D.C., shows a stronger sentiment than either Proposition 1 or Proposition 2. Both those measures show statistically equal acceptance of and rejection of the education reforms.

Proposition 3, according to the poll that was conducted during a three-day period last week, says 47 percent of voters will reject it, 40 percent approve it and 13 percent are undecided.  Based on polling 625 voters who said they are likely to vote in the election, there is a 4 percent margin of error.

A yes vote supports and keeps in place Proposition 3 (Senate Bill 1184) that passed the Legislature in 2011 and was signed by the governor.

A no vote repeals Proposition 3 and reinstates the laws that were formerly on the books.

Proposition 3:

On the ballot, voters will be asked whether to approve Senate Bill 1184. In short, the question before voters is this:

Shall the legislation amending school district funding, requiring provision of computing devices and online courses for high school graduation be approved?