A late effort to pass an Education bill was successful in the Minnesota Senate Sunday, but it couldn't get enough votes to be heard in the House Monday morning during the hastily held special session.

Senate supporters said the bill would "protect K-12 schools from budget cuts and allows them to renew levies by school board vote." The measure was designed as a short-term measure to help schools weather the current tough economic conditions, and it had some elements to narrow the achievement gap.

The House, though, did not deal with the bill in the waning hours of the regular session Sunday, but on Monday — after passing the big budget bill in an overnight special session — House leaders tried again.

But 90 votes were needed to bring the measure to the floor, and the vote was 85-43, so it failed.