GOVERNOR'S VETO

Pursuant to Article V, Section 6, of the Constitution of Virginia, I veto Senate Bill 966, which would require 150 minutes of physical education per week in Virginia's public schools.

This requirement would place a significant unfunded mandate on local school divisions. While the goal of increasing physical activity by our young people is laudable and important, this approach is overly burdensome on local school divisions at this time, and does not align with the higher priorities of increasing time in the classroom spent on math, science, reading, history and other important subjects.

Accordingly, I veto this bill.