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

 

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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:

 

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

thereto a new section to read as follows:

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

a person who:

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

Forces of the United States during:

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

September 16, 1940, and December 31, 1946;

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

June 25, 1950, and January 31, 1955; or

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

January 1, 1961, and May 7, 1975;

    (b) Was discharged from the Armed Forces of the United

States under honorable conditions; and

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

States, did not receive a high school diploma,

shall be deemed to have earned sufficient credits to receive a

standard high school diploma.

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

school diploma to any person who meets the requirements set forth

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

diploma to such a person even if the person:

    (a) Holds a general educational development credential or its

equivalent; or

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

issuance of the diploma.

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

work cooperatively to establish guidelines for identifying and

issuing standard high school diplomas to persons pursuant to this

section.

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

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

purposes of this title.

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

 

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