Bill Text: CT HB06319 | 2011 | General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: An Act Concerning High School Diplomas For Korean War Veterans.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-10-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-24 - Signed by the Governor [HB06319 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-HB06319-Chaptered.html
AN ACT CONCERNING HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS FOR KOREAN WAR VETERANS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 10-221a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011):
(i) A local or regional board of education may award a diploma to a veteran, as defined in section 27-103, of World War II [, pursuant to section 27-103] or the Korean hostilities, as described in section 51-49h, who left high school prior to graduation in order to serve in the armed forces of the United States and did not receive a diploma as a consequence of such service.