HARTFORD, Conn.—Gov. Dannel P. Malloy made it clear Friday that he opposes banning chocolate milk from schools, but to prevent the move he might be forced to veto an education bill that many state and local school officials want.
The co-chairman of the legislature's education committee, Rep. Andrew Fleischmann, D-West Hartford, said that Malloy's staff is now "exploring whether there are administrative paths" that would allow the overall bill to become law but not take chocolate milk out of schools.
Fleischmann said he doesn't know exactly how that could be done. Malloy's office issued a statement on the chocolate milk issue, but his staff failed to directly address the question of a possible veto or any administrative alternative.