Assembly Bill No. 52–Assemblymen Leslie, Giunchigliani, Chowning, McClain, Gibbons, Anderson, Atkinson, Buckley, Collins, Horne, Koivisto, Manendo, Oceguera and Parks

 

February 7, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Education

 

SUMMARY—Provides for issuance of standard high school diplomas to certain veterans. (BDR 34‑269)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to veterans; providing for the issuance of standard high school diplomas to certain veterans who served in the Armed Forces during World War II; requiring school districts to establish guidelines for identifying and issuing standard high school diplomas to such veterans; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. Chapter 389 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

1-2  thereto a new section to read as follows:

1-3  1.  Notwithstanding any provision of this title to the contrary,

1-4  a person who:

1-5  (a) Left high school before graduating to serve in the Armed

1-6  Forces of the United States during World War II and so served at

1-7  any time between September 16, 1940, and December 31, 1946,

1-8  inclusive;

1-9  (b) Was discharged from the Armed Forces of the United

1-10  States under honorable conditions; and

1-11      (c) As a result of his service in the Armed Forces of the United

1-12  States, did not receive a high school diploma,

2-1  shall be deemed to have earned sufficient credits to receive a

2-2  standard high school diploma.

2-3  2.  A school district may, upon request, issue a standard high

2-4  school diploma to any person who meets the requirements set forth

2-5  in subsection 1. A school district may issue a standard high school

2-6  diploma to such a person even if the person holds a general

2-7  equivalency diploma, or its equivalent, or is deceased.

2-8  3.  Each school district shall, in cooperation with the State

2-9  Board and the Office of Veterans’ Services, establish guidelines

2-10  for identifying and issuing standard high school diplomas to

2-11  persons pursuant to this section.

2-12      4.  A person to whom a standard high school diploma is issued

2-13  pursuant to this section shall not be deemed to be a pupil for the

2-14  purposes of this title.

2-15      Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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