Kemp Vetoes Recess Requirement For Georgia Schoolchildren

, |

May 13th, 2019

The Georgia bill, which encouraged schools to make recess 30 minutes, was backed by public health and children’s advocates, who noted that recess can help improve academic performance and reduce fidgety behavior and negative conduct in the classroom. Gov. Brian Kemp vetoed House Bill 83 last week along with several other bills.

Pixabay Images

The effort to require daily recess for Georgia elementary school students has come up short again – this time thanks to Gov. Brian Kemp’s veto pen.

Kemp vetoed House Bill 83 on Friday along with several other bills. In his veto message, the governor said the recess requirement “would impose unreasonable burdens on educational leaders without meaningful justification.’’

“While I support expanded recess opportunities for Georgia’s students, I am a firm believer in local control, especially in education,’’ Kemp stated. He said House Bill 83 would dramatically restrict this local control, stripping long-held authority from school boards.

Related

Top Stories