Rep. Sue Scherer (D-Decatur) speaks during a House committee meeting on Wednesday.

During a two-hour, often contentious meeting of the House Committee on Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools, representatives agreed to support a bill from Rep. Michael J. Zalewski (D-Riverside) and two from Rep. Sue Scherer (D-Decatur). But another bill, also sponsored by Scherer, failed to pass the committee.