Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has vetoed a bill that would have required recess in elementary schools across the state.
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.”“While I support expanded recess opportunities for Georgia’s students, I am a firm believer in local control, especially in education,” Kemp said in his explanation.
A 2007 study by the Center on Education Policy pointed to the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act in the 2001-2002 school year as a point when school districts began to cut time for recess.
What are the requirements for PE in Georgia schools? If recess is decreased but PE increased this might make sense, but otherwise I don’t agree with this. Kids need time to decompress, it actually helps with learning to have “down time” to process.
You guys do a fantastic job of making the headlines seem way worse than it is. Recess will still occur, Kemp wanted to keep its control up to local school boards who know how to better handle their own kids
People please read, before you follow the masses
Kids should have recess EVERYDAY!!We did when I was in elementary school..,in GA!!
Scientific studies and general knowledge for countless years: kids need to be active and go outside and play and have fun and stimulate their minds Georgia: nah let’s just force them to be born and then not let them have fun
It’s time for the People to take back power from these dictators in office who are going against the wants of the people
If they can't pass laws that help our children then it's time for them to get out of office. Hit them where it hurts which is their wallet.
Lol these are robots in office. I’m convinced.
11 yr olds cant have playtime but can be forced to birth a baby?
If adults need 2 to 3 breaks a day, how can you expect more from children? This guy is a monster
How about enforcing probation officers to do their jobs in Macon. Pick up the ones who aren’t following the rules outside of prison and running free This particular one is taking advantage of his elderly mother and has been verbally abusive to her making her cry from the stress.
pinkrocktopus I’m so sick of this dude.
Is he actively *trying* to depress academic achievement in his state's schools?
Do they care for kids or hate kids they need to make up their damn minds.
Geez- do you want to push for school privatization- whatever the cost to kids?
And what's wrong with a little exercise and play time for kids? Schools might have to underpay a few yard monitors?
'Small children should be held accountable for their own inactivity and obesity'
Really? He’s against recess?! Whose against Recess?!?
Good god this guy is a fuktard BrianKempGA
This man is NOT STABLE. Hope the good people of GA VOTE HIM OUT ASAP
This man is NOT stable. Hope the good people of ga VOTE HIM PUT
Something is seriously wrong with these people in the government! What use to be right is now wrong, & what use to be wrong is now right! I believe they’ve been hi-jacked by aliens from another dimension.😂
It not only affects the kids, but also the staff..when are teachers suppose to take a lunch break if you take away recess 🧠
proud_libtard20 Anybody who still believes the Republiscist goal is NOT to destroy society & all but a handful of our people has his head buried firmly in...the sand. This effort is coordinated at every level, & across the country. And how much more evidence do we need that they hate children?
Children need exercise and breaks 🤦🏽♂️
Let me guess: he never got picked for anything at recess growing up. Bitter, party of one.
Guarantee this man had plenty of recess. Baby booms steady taking away from us what they had plenty off
Just like how a worker needs breaks from a long day of work.... A kid needs a break too....that’s their moment to not think about their bad day or hard day, they can escape and be a kid!
Brian 'poopy pants' kemp
GovKemp vetoed this bill because it would take control away from those school boards Imagine that— it’s ok to take control away from women but don’t mess with the school boards
Wtf?
so let’s stop recess for congress as well
That’s because he doesn’t actually care about children once they’re out of the womb. prolifemyass
Does anyone else see the resemblance
Why would you deny a child a small break to reset their brains, breathe in some fresh air & get outside to be active? Can someone tell me why these things aren’t equally as important as the rest of the school day? Just sad man.
Cartoonish levels of villainy.
christmas is next
what is the south doiNG
BrianKempGA you do know that children are not veal calves, right? You can't force a kid to sit still in a classroom all day. Kids need fresh air, exercise, downtime to digest things they've learned, time to be social with each other... WTH are you even thinking here?
Why? I mean really.. why though?
America use to pride itself in physical readiness. Maybe if schools received enough fundings to increase the quality of education and resources available. We wouldn’t make BS excuses blaming “play” time as the reason our school systems are failing our children.
What the hell kind of gulag elementary schools don’t have recess?
I would like to congratulate him on becoming the villain of a Disney Channel movie
So, there are elementary schools in Georgia that do not have recess? That’s messed up.
Next, he'll take up Newt Gingrich's suggestion of making children work. Newt suggested that kids receiving school lunch should replace the janitorial staff, but why stop at that? There's no free lunch, or education, kids. Start working as soon as you start school & pay your way!
Force their birth then torture their lives. That's the conservative m.o. all over.
Only reason I went to school was to show off for the girls at recess...that is BS
JRTheBossman Idiot
Going for that youth vote I see, BrianKempGA.
If my kids weren’t forced to run around outside, they’d be at each other’s throat. They need to release that energy. Imagine 30 kids. It’ll be an all out melee
As if having BetsyDeVosED make decisions on education wasn’t bad enough now we’ve got another yahoo with no educational experience making decisions on what’s best for a child’s learning environment. Sit down BrianKempGA, stay in your lane.
THIS is what he repressed Georgia’s black voters for? A heartbeat bill and BANNING RECESS? Can you imagine how much different this timeline would be if Kemp didn’t steal the election from Stacey Abrams?
Making sure that school to jail pipeline stays in tact! God I hate these people. 🤯🤬😡
They can still have recess. It’s up to the local school board to decide policy.
Wait...what?
Let me guess. He doesn’t have a degree in elementary education or child psychology.
I don’t even know what to say anymore. 🤦🏻♀️
They're all mustache twirling Captain Planet villians
Not sure how this makes sense BrianKempGA
“The bill passed by a vote of 160-11 in the House and 48-4 in the Senate before reaching the governor.” Okay, so he’s an asshole for vetoing the bill, but... can’t they just go back and override the veto? Those numbers are solidly above two-thirds.
What a moron. Those poor teachers who will have to put up with all that pent up energy.
I can’t believe people voted for this guy over staceyabrams
Stacey Abrams should be the governor of Georgia. This shows how devastating voter suppression can be.
Congratulations your state's full of unwanted sedentary children.
Well you see Liberals say kids need exercise to stay healthy so we do the opposite. That's it.
This is who a majority of the state wanted though...
WTH? Recess? It is proven that recess improves children's education. Oh wait...can't have an educated electorate.
Wtf
Totally thought this guy cared for the children? There are so many studies talking about the benefits of recess for children’s academic growth and he vetoes it? Oh wait he doesn’t care about children who can actually make choices nah, just the ones in women 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
He’s like a villain in Disney’s Recess.
ALL TRUMP GOONS ARE HEARTLESS AND HATE AMERICAN VALUES. BrianKempGA cheated Georgia. We all know staceyabrams
rolandsmartin And we should sue the state of Georgia and all those States because what are you going to do the change this and get rush out of our country
It’d be great if they’d listen to experts.
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH GEORGIA
It didn't take long for this illegitimate sleazoid to show his true colors, but if Georgians are going to keep voting for idiots they deserve what they get. Gerrymandered or not, the people of this state should have turned out in overwhelming numbers to wreck this guy's campaign.
Exercise is important for a child's health, including intellectual development. And smart kids might grow up to be smart adults who will vote boneheads like this out of office. So it makes sense.
What the fuck? Gotta make people hate education while they're young, I guess.
Don't all elementary schools have recess?
“While I support expanded recess opportunities for Georgia’s students... This legislation would impose unreasonable burdens on educational leaders without meaningful justification.” Name one “unreasonable” burden. Cite 1 study against recess.
But he DID approve a measure requiring those damned Buckhead kids to 'keep off his front lawn!'
AlephsMom “Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life” Georgia...
Americans read!!!
This is like, classically evil. Comically evil. Saturday cartoon idea of villainy.
Not cool
“If I can’t catch a ball none of you will”
How in the world?!! Now that’s just evil.
staceyabrams would NEVER!
didn't he actually lose?
Everyone needs to read this book:
Play=learning! Play functions as the major means by which children (1) develop intrinsic interests & competencies; (2) learn how to make decisions, solve problems, exert self-control, & follow rules; (3) learn to regulate their emotions; (4) make friends
Wtf
?
No standards in the name of local control. There are a lot of shit for brains local school boards, but by all means, let them set their guidelines for local ignorance, poor education, and bad health.
Anything to degrade public education. Same here in Texas.
Principal Prickly has spoken. (Who but a KnowNothing would ignore decades of research on the positive impact of exercise, movement on learning, childhood?) Recess DoBetter
This!
How is there not already recess in all these schools?!
They aren't the fattest state but with a little help from their friends they can be Mississippi.
Even prisoners get to exercise in the yard.
When you wield politics to achieve the goals of a few over the many.
Protect the unborn, screw the child once born.
Because Georgia cares about children.
So... BrianKempGA you pass a bill for fetuses but veto a bill for actual children. You're a real piece of s....t--oops, I meant, work.
AliciaMWalker1 So Geogias leaders are do dumb they want all the kids to have add and obesity. Remove them. Run for office there. Vote!
Why is a piece of dough with eyes georgia's governor?
What's next? Military marching? Caning our babies for every single infraction?
wtf!
Proving once more that, like much of the GOP, he’s not Pro-Life, he’s Pro-Birth. BigDifference
Republicans proving how much they ACTUALLY value children
rolandsmartin From stealing election to stealing recess. There is no integrity with this guy. He has a special place waiting for him 👺🔥
It's like they TRY to be on the wrong side of EVERYTHING.
Monster.
It’s about smaller government you guys. lol
AliciaMWalker1 I heard the next order of business is to legalize the kicking of random puppies.
Georgia is becoming antiquated! Children need recess. It’s a break for them and it adds to their cognitive development. I don’t want my child to grow up in a state that doesn’t care about them!
JFC
That might be the only exercise a lot of young children get, without electronics in their hand
lmao what is wrong with him
BoycottGeorgia
Guess he just wants kids fat, dumb and pregnant. Yay, Georgia!
Wow. Just wow. How do people like this get elected? Who writes this kind of bizarre and completely unsupported by facts legislation? Why? Oh, I know GREED.
They need a law to do that? Why not base decisions on kids needs?
Step 1: Increase population by banning abortions Step 2: Plump children up by removing activity and healthy foods from schools Step 3: Hunt them for sport
Everything about this guy sucks
EVIL! EVILLLLLLLLLLLLL!
Gotta condition the future workforce
You don’t make kids sit in a small desk with no break for several hours. They aren’t wired for it. This is a horrible decision.
He must believe, like Trump, that we only have a finite amount of energy and shouldn’t waste it on exercise.
The south continues its race to the bottom.
rolandsmartin We need to hang this on every Georgia Republican. It doesn't matter if they voted for recess or not. The Georgia Republican Party is against recess.
Hey look mire antiscience decision from someone who is probably a republican
rolandsmartin Womp. Womp. Children are not widgets. They need time to run free. Their parents are voters and they will remember. MAFA MakeAmericaFunAgain
Hahahahah, I mean GA is trying hard to replace Mississippi as the laugh stock state.
I better not see any Georgia residents complaining if you voted for him. You knew he was trash and still decided to vote.
rolandsmartin I’m tired of these old white men running organizing this country. We need diverse young smart individuals changing America slavery mentality.
Seems like they would have the votes to over ride this
rolandsmartin Kids in school from 07:30 to 15:00 and the teachers weren't up in arms about not giving them a break when kids go outside?
What kinda of sorry sob vetoes recess?
rolandsmartin UNEDUCATED FOR SURE!🤮🤮🤮
rolandsmartin Are the retirees in Florida on opioids?
Ugh!!! Seriously? They only get five minutes as it is! Anyone would think your aim was to create 'behavioral issues' by confining children for 6 hours a day, five days a week. Wouldn't this create a false economy for big Parma ADHD dru... nvm.
rolandsmartin Yet people still vote for these ass clowns! I truly don’t understand it! 🤨
rolandsmartin SMH pathetic, how you take away recess from children 🤔
rolandsmartin I thought he was pro-life, is that only until kid arrive and then the kid is on its own. Smh
I say we let the south secede. Let the north prosper without the south's ideology weighing us down!
rolandsmartin Time to leave Georgia asap.
That’s what he vetoed
Honestly, the GOP is so much like a cartoon villain that it’s ridiculous. “I hate the sound of children playing! Ban recess!” Next we’ll hear that Foxbots malfunctioned when Republicans murdered Christmas.
“This legislation would impose unreasonable burdens on educational leaders without meaningful justification.' This means there are elementary schools not doing recess and just ignoring all child development studies pointing to its necessity? How is recess a burden? Hire monitors.
These assholes would love to erase child labor laws.
This is just cartoon villainy I don't even
Next step - teach the kids how to make t-shirts at a cheap wage. 🤦♂️
doctorow But the GOP gives a shit about children.
GOPers' sole purpose in life is to hurt others, especially non-aborted children.
These people are actually evil.
Cool stance bro
“The bill passed by a vote of 160-11 in the House and 48-4 in the Senate before reaching the governor.” ? GA is 8th in child obesity and he’s worried about local boards deciding whether or not children get breaks from an 8 hour day? Sometimes people need guidance, do your job.
Kids in Georgia rn:
someone cashapp me $imyournationalanthem so i can leave
I worked after school all of Spring Semester in a county (in GA) that doesn’t have recess and it impacts the kids so much by not having recess. They’re more distracted and rightly so.
He said it'd place 'unreasonable burden on educational leaders' which I can't disagree with
OMG, I'M SO SHOCKED HE WOULD DO SUCH A THING. LOOK AT HOW SHOCKED I AM. . FOH
Look what rule Georgians has done. This what happens when our state elections are swung by people that barely have internet. Not my word his EWErickson
These mfs go in office and be like “reverse anything those democrats and liberals like”
Damn, wtf is wrong with the south these days.
Georgia you are broken.
Does he own stock in an ADHD medication manufacturer?
What? It's a life long tradition in the school systems. We have that up this way too. He needs to be voted out!
I like atl sometimes but the laws make it wild out here
Yall voted for this over staceyabrams LOL
GaHouseHub GASenatePress We can all see how much you care about children in the state of Georgia BrianKemp. In the past six years, obesity increased 13% from 28.0% to 31.6% of adults. Georgia ranks 45 in infant mortality. 7.645 per 1,000 live births
These new age republicans sure do know how to fuck a good thing up...
Georgia has OFFICIALLY gone too far
First banning abortion, and now restricting recess. It’s sad because children in elementary really need free time and they only have one childhood to live! I don’t understand what is happening... 🙄🙄
BUT HEY REPUBLICANS ARE PROLIFE AND THEY CARE FOR CHILDREN. AGAIN I HATE EVERY SINGLE WHITE VOTER WHO VOTED FOR BRIAN KEMP
Nothing is sacred.
1MoneyMike1 He’s sick!
Good lord. Lawmakers are morons. Free play is essential to childhood development.
Redneckkkin' since 2018. Oh, and by the way, an example of how Republicans care about unborn children but could give a damn about them after they exit the womb.
I can tell by the comments that most didn't read past the headline.... that's how they get ya🤔
Seriously? That is the bill he chose to veto?!?!
So kids in GA have class 6,7,8 hours straight?
Recess is good = Fact. Ideology over facts and evidence. Ungah Bungah Mr. Kemp
Hey, that is many students’ favorite subject in school
Wait ... recess? I am totally for recess. Who is this crazy governor? In Tennessee they vote. For recess.
We need the mother of dragons to go to Georgia, Alabama and Ohio....just sayin!
What a REAL Jackhole!
Kemp just signed a bill claiming to protect children alter won’t let them outside to play.
So... a state with among the worst-rated public education outcomes further punishes its children, denying them what’s developmentally appropriate... Sounds about right. Idiocy
Now, they don't want anyone to have any fun. What is WRONG with these losers with their backwards thinking
Hmmm.. Let’s compare Georgia to Finland in regards to educational outcomes.
Well, that’s *one* way to fight the obesity epidemic. NOT.
WTF is wrong with that absurd fool
What the actual-fuck is happening?!
Read this Mr. Kemp. You obviously are not up to date on educational research. Perhaps, someone could share some strategies from the best public educational system in the world - Finland. They are also the recess champions of the world education
Kemp is backward idiot and the shame of GA.
My favorite part about skewl
These pitiful republican politicians is out to literally kill all programs. People the only way to stop their nightmare is everybody ban together and vote 2020.
Fat and stupid. Oh yeah and barefoot and pregnant
This Governor has never spent 5 days Monday-Friday with kids who don’t get a restroom and recess break. It’s crazy. Plus no PE.
Yeah, lord forbid the kids get a few minutes of exercise in their day. What the hell is wrong with these people.
Do these people strive to be f*ckwits? 😒
This jackass is on a roll
Every kid should have recess! What is wrong with people these days? Kids should have more than a screen in front of their face.
CathrynLSmith1 Fucking Georgia ....
Because he don’t play.
CathrynLSmith1 What. They don’t have recess anymore
WHAT. IS. WRONG. WITH. THESE. MEN
However fetuses will be given priority in lunch lines & football tryouts. Georgia Deplorables
.BrianKempGA His daughters are grown. He doesn't care about other people's children.
Listen to your teachers. They know. Parents know. Anyone with a brain knows that kids need recess!!!
🤦🏻♀️
Way to Go Gov Kemp we love your work and your policies!!
They will never understand until it’s them having things taken. I guarantee if it was them being wronged they wouldn’t be able to take it. But always expect others too deal with it.
What is wrong with recess?
What the hell is going on in the South.
Paragryn Can’t take control from school boards, but is damn happy to control women and their bodies. What is wrong with GA?
Now they eliminating recess? I’m dead. 🤦♂️
Jesus Christ dude just stop
Just shows how little he knows about what children need. Thankful i don’t live in Georgia.
Paragryn Georgia is such a mess.
Idiot!!!...
It’s no wonder why people in the south are so overweight.
Coming from one of the states that has an epidemic of childhood obesity. Makes sense
It's one of those Republicans that loves fetuses and hates people especially children.
He's probably substituting bible studies for recess. Beginning to think that we should allow secession of the south. Starting with Alabama and Georgia. Take SC and Lindsey Graham with them. Buh-bye.
Oh! Of course there is more to the story! He vetoed it BECAUSE local school districts already have that control. There is no reason for the state to mandate it. Y'all forgot that part.....
great job Governor Kemp!!!!!
I agree with him. Recess is important and kids in all grades should have it. I’m not sure about other schools but at my sons school they go outside to play or have indoor PE everyday depending on weather. Though Some kids have medical issues and cannot do recess.
Is there MORE to the story? What else is in the bill
Kemp the most unqualified governor in America. He will take Georgia back 50 years.
Then his drug buddies can peddle anti-aggression pills because all of the boys are hyperactive. I’ve seen this story somewhere - don’t tell me.
Sad! Kids need free time!
Further proof that Republicans don't give one single crap about kids the moment they're born.
dawnintheworld So they want all these children born but we see how they really want to treat them!
Let’s keep those kids nice and fat
So the state shouldn't control recess time but should control a woman's body.
What a jerk!
Yawn.....
“If those kids wanted me to give a damn about them, they shoulda stayed fetuses!” - BrianKempGA
because that would make kids normal and not need as much adderal
“Children need to learn that recess is earned. It’s not a handout.” -Georgia Governor apparently
Elections have consequences. Tell me how voting doesn't matter again.
There is no rest in the monster community. Remember, these are the pro life children that you demand to be here.
First, women can't have control over their own bodies. Now, kids can't be kids and play in elementary school. Brian Kemp is an asshole.
How can they have recess when there's going to be Child Labor returning by the time he's done?! ....I honest to god don't know if that's even a joke or not at this point, because fuck all.
what a jerk
Well he just gave up any chance of becoming class president anytime soon.
HEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAW
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