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(SB471)

GOVERNOR'S VETO (APRIL 9, 2012)

 

Pursuant to Article V, Section 6, of the Constitution of Virginia, I veto Senate Bill 471.

As Governor, I have worked with the Virginia Department of Health and the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth in the effort to curb childhood obesity. It is an issue important to all Virginians and I applaud the work of Senator Northam and interested parties in their attempt to address this problem. However, solutions to childhood obesity cannot include additional regulations that will place significant unfunded mandates on local school divisions. This bill without all of the amendments I proposed creates the inference of required physical education programs in public schools, which we cannot require at this time.

Accordingly, I veto this bill.

 

GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION (MARCH 9, 2012)

 

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