TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers are considering a bill that would narrow negotiations between school boards and teachers.

The House Education Committee conducted a hearing Wednesday on the bill, which would remove 30 issues from a list of things over which the teachers’ union and school boards would be required to bargain.

That would leave only salary and work hours on the annual bargaining agenda. Both sides would have to agree beforehand to discuss benefits or other issues.

Representatives of teachers and school boards testified against the bill, saying they had agreed to a compromise last month that would allow each side to bring five issues to the negotiating table.

Rep. Ron Highland, a Wamego Republican who is chairman of the committee, said he still believes the bill would speed up negotiations.