Senate Bill sb0292er

    ENROLLED

    2002 Legislature                         SB 292, 1st Engrossed



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  2         An act relating to high school graduation

  3         requirements; amending s. 232.246, F.S.;

  4         providing for the award of a standard high

  5         school diploma to certain Korean War Veterans;

  6         providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (12) is added to section

11  232.246, Florida Statutes, to read:

12         232.246  General requirements for high school

13  graduation.--

14         (12)  The Commissioner of Education may award a

15  standard high school diploma to honorably discharged veterans

16  who started high school between 1946 and 1950 and were

17  scheduled to graduate between 1950 and 1954, but were inducted

18  into the United States Armed Forces between June 1950 and

19  January 1954, and served during the Korean War prior to

20  completing the necessary high school graduation requirements.

21  Upon the recommendation of the commissioner, the State Board

22  of Education may develop criteria and guidelines for awarding

23  such diplomas.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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