JUNEAU — The ship formerly known as the Exxon Valdez, responsible for one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history, appears destined for the scrap heap in a shipyard along the Indian Gulf of Cambay.

Such an end for the ship that spilled millions of gallons of crude in Alaska’s Prince William Sound in 1989 is fitting, says at least one person directly involved with the disaster’s aftermath.

“My first reaction when I heard the boat is getting scrapped was ‘good riddance,”’ Stan Jones said.

JUNEAU — The Senate Education Committee on Monday discussed a plan that would change how the state intervenes in struggling school districts, while a House bill takes a different approach to the same issue.

Intervention in districts stems from the state’s 2008 response to the Moore v. Alaska case, which showed the state failed to meet its constitutional requirement of providing education because it had ineffective oversight. The case also resulted in a proposed $18 million settlement between the state and rural schools.