The amusement park in Hanover County divided its donations pretty evenly between legislative chambers and between political parties. Jim Copp, the Kings Dominion representative who handles General Assembly contributions, was unavailable for comment. The House Education Committee voted in February to kill three bills that would have let local school boards schedule classes before Labor Day. The tourism industry supported the law to ensure that teen-age employees would be available to work at resorts and theme parks through the Labor Day holiday. Various attempts to repeal the Kings Dominion law have failed.
Legislators say that s because parents don t want the law changed.