Bill Text: CT HB06319 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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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-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 6319
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 2561
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Referred to Committee on Education
Introduced by:
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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 Subsection (i) of section 10-221a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011):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.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2011	10-221a(i)

ED	Joint Favorable
PS	Joint Favorable