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CatWoman

(79,294 posts)
Thu May 16, 2019, 10:13 AM May 2019

So Kemp approves a bill to force women to have babies, then vetos a bill to provide kids playtime

Georgia's governor vetoes a bill requiring elementary schools to have recess every day

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has vetoed a bill that would have required recess in elementary schools across the state.

The bill, Georgia House Bill 83 would have “provide[d] for recess for students in kindergarten and grades one through five” starting in the 2019-2020 school year.

The bill also encouraged schools to “include an average of 30 minutes per day of supervised unstructured activity time, preferably outdoors” and said local boards of education should implement policies to “ensure that recess is a safe experience for students, that recess is scheduled so that it provides a break during academic learning, and that recess is not withheld for disciplinary or academic reasons.”

Governor Kemp, in explaining the veto, said that local school boards of education currently set recess policies for students in kindergarten through eighth grade in Georgia “based on a thorough understanding of day-to-day educational operations as well as regular interaction with administrators, educators, families, and students.”

Kemp said the new bill would take control away from those school boards.

The bill passed by a vote of 160-11 in the House and 48-4 in the Senate before reaching the governor.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/georgias-governor-vetoes-bill-requiring-elementary-schools-recess/story?id=63051728

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So Kemp approves a bill to force women to have babies, then vetos a bill to provide kids playtime (Original Post) CatWoman May 2019 OP
Are those over ride kinds on numbers? n/t CincyDem May 2019 #1
don't know CatWoman May 2019 #2
Yes. Override is usually 2/3 Takket May 2019 #3
Every trained educator in the world agrees that recess is where young children learn best. Aristus May 2019 #4
They don't care about kids or "life" in general. JaneQPublic May 2019 #5
republican governors must be the stupidest people in the world!! demigoddess May 2019 #6
it is not that, it is about 'local control' Celerity May 2019 #8
There are schools in America that don't have recess???? Huh? nt UniteFightBack May 2019 #7

Aristus

(66,307 posts)
4. Every trained educator in the world agrees that recess is where young children learn best.
Thu May 16, 2019, 10:22 AM
May 2019

But fuck, it's Georgia, amirite? Who needs no edjumacayshun'?

JaneQPublic

(7,113 posts)
5. They don't care about kids or "life" in general.
Thu May 16, 2019, 10:32 AM
May 2019

They are misogynists who can't stand women having the final say and power over anything as important as human reproduction.

demigoddess

(6,640 posts)
6. republican governors must be the stupidest people in the world!!
Thu May 16, 2019, 06:22 PM
May 2019

everyone knows that young kids learn better when they get a chance to run off their energy. Are they going to eliminate coffee breaks for adults too?? Or have they already done that?????

Celerity

(43,254 posts)
8. it is not that, it is about 'local control'
Thu May 16, 2019, 06:42 PM
May 2019

The Rethugs want every little shit-hollow to be able to its own ultra radical agenda with no oversight by the state gubmint

so above mentioned shit-hollows can teach troofs like



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