AN ACT

RELATING TO VETERANS; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS FOR CERTAIN WORLD WAR II VETERANS.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1.  A new section of the Public School Code is enacted to read:

"HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS--WORLD WAR II VETERANS.--

A.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Public School Code, a local school board may issue a high school diploma to a World War II veteran who:

(1)  is an honorably discharged member of the armed forces of the United States;

(2)  was scheduled to graduate from high school after 1940 and before 1951;

(3)  was a resident of New Mexico and attended a high school in the locality of the current school district; and

(4)  left high school before graduation to serve in World War II.

B.  A local school board may issue a high school diploma to a qualifying World War II veteran regardless of whether the veteran holds a high school equivalency diploma or  is deceased.


C.  The state board shall adopt and promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of this section, including:

(1)  an application form to be submitted by the World War II veteran or a person acting on behalf of the veteran if the veteran is incapacitated or deceased; and

(2)  what constitutes acceptable evidence of eligibility for a diploma."                                  

 

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