(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 11, 2003)

 

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; requiring the State Board of Education and the Office of Veterans’ Services 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:

1-7       (1) World War II and so served at any time between

1-8  September 16, 1940, and December 31, 1946;

1-9       (2) The Korean War and so served at any time between

1-10  June 25, 1950, and January 31, 1955; or

1-11          (3) The Vietnam Era and so served at any time between

1-12  January 1, 1961, and May 7, 1975;

2-1  (b) Was discharged from the Armed Forces of the United

2-2  States under honorable conditions; and

2-3  (c) As a result of his service in the Armed Forces of the United

2-4  States, did not receive a high school diploma,

2-5  shall be deemed to have earned sufficient credits to receive a

2-6  standard high school diploma.

2-7  2.  A school district may, upon request, issue a standard high

2-8  school diploma to any person who meets the requirements set forth

2-9  in subsection 1. A school district may issue a standard high school

2-10  diploma to such a person even if the person:

2-11      (a) Holds a general educational development credential or its

2-12  equivalent; or

2-13      (b) Is deceased, if the family of the veteran requests the

2-14  issuance of the diploma.

2-15      3.  The State Board and the Office of Veterans’ Services shall

2-16  work cooperatively to establish guidelines for identifying and

2-17  issuing standard high school diplomas to persons pursuant to this

2-18  section.

2-19      4.  A person to whom a standard high school diploma is issued

2-20  pursuant to this section shall not be deemed to be a pupil for the

2-21  purposes of this title.

2-22      Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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