Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00386 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/22/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 386
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1607
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 386 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1607

Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS 

Introduced by:

SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING HONORARY DIPLOMAS FOR VIETNAM VETERANS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 10-5 of the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of Education to issue an honorary state high school diploma to any veteran who did not complete high school due to service in the armed forces during the Vietnam era.

Statement of Purpose: 

To honor Vietnam era veterans who left school early to join the armed forces.