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VETERANS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS

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2008 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Lynn N. Hemingway

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Senate Sponsor: Wayne L. Niederhauser

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill provides for honorary high school diplomas for certain veterans.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    allows a board of education of a school district to award an honorary high school
             13      diploma to a veteran who:
             14              .    left high school before graduating to serve in the armed forces of the United
             15      States; and
             16              .    served in the armed forces of the United States during the period of World War
             17      II, the Korean War, or the Vietnam War; and
             18          .    specifies eligibility requirements and procedures for requesting an honorary high
             19      school diploma.
             20      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             21          None
             22      Other Special Clauses:
             23          None
             24      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             25      ENACTS:
             26          53A-3-427, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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             28      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             29          Section 1. Section 53A-3-427 is enacted to read:


             30          53A-3-427. Honorary high school diploma for certain veterans.
             31          (1) A board of education of a school district may award an honorary high school
             32      diploma to a veteran, if the veteran:
             33          (a) left high school before graduating in order to serve in the armed forces of the United
             34      States;
             35          (b) served in the armed forces of the United States during the period of World War II,
             36      the Korean War, or the Vietnam War;
             37          (c) (i) was honorably discharged; or
             38          (ii) was released from active duty because of a service-related disability; and
             39          (d) (i) resides within the school district; or
             40          (ii) resided within the school district at the time of leaving high school to serve in the
             41      armed forces of the United States.
             42          (2) To receive an honorary high school diploma, a veteran or immediate family member
             43      or guardian of a veteran shall submit to a local school board:
             44          (a) a request for an honorary high school diploma; and
             45          (b) information required by the local school board to verify the veteran's eligibility for
             46      an honorary high school diploma under Subsection (1).
             47          (3) At the request of a veteran, a veteran's immediate family member or guardian, or a
             48      local school board, the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall certify whether the veteran meets
             49      the requirements of Subsections (1)(b) and (c).


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