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A Senate panel led by Republicans on Thursday rejected legislation backed by Gov. Bob McDonnell to repeal a decades-old regulation that prohibits school districts from starting classes before Labor Day. The Senate Education and Health Committee voted 9-6 to shelve legislation that would have done away with the state's "Kings Dominion" law, so named because the amusement park was among the proponents of the legislation in the 1980s.
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