General Assembly Committee Bill No. 386
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3881
*03881SB00386VA_*
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 386
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 3881
*03881SB00386VA_*
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT CONCERNING HONARY DIPLOMAS FOR VIETNAM 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 Subsection (i) of section 10-221a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(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 or the Korean hostilities, as described in section 51-49h, or of the Vietnam Era, as defined in section 27-103, 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 from passage 10-221a(i)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
10-221a(i)
Statement of Purpose:
To honor Vietnam Era veterans who left school early to join the armed forces.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist.; REP. NICASTRO, 79th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist.; REP. NICASTRO, 79th Dist.
S.B. 386