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To amend section 3313.616 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
grant high school diplomas to veterans of the | 2 |
Korean Conflict and to expand eligibility for | 3 |
diplomas to certain non-resident veterans who | 4 |
attended Ohio high schools. | 5 |
Section 1. That section 3313.616 of the Revised Code be | 6 |
amended to read as follows: | 7 |
Sec. 3313.616. (A)(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of | 8 |
sections 3313.61, 3313.611, and 3313.612 of the Revised Code, the | 9 |
board of education of any city, exempted village, or local school | 10 |
district or the governing authority of any chartered nonpublic | 11 |
school
may grant a high school diploma
to any
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of World War II or the Korean conflict who is a resident of this | 13 |
state or who was previously enrolled in any high school in this | 14 |
state if all of the following apply: | 15 |
(a) The veteran left a public or nonpublic school located in | 16 |
any state prior to graduation in order to serve in the armed | 17 |
forces of the United States. | 18 |
(b) The veteran received an honorable discharge from the | 19 |
armed forces of the United States. | 20 |
(c) The veteran has not been granted a diploma as provided in | 21 |
section 3313.61 or 3313.612 of the Revised Code, a diploma of | 22 |
adult education as provided in section 3313.611 of the Revised | 23 |
Code, or a diploma under this section. | 24 |
(2) If a veteran who would otherwise qualify for a diploma | 25 |
under this section is deceased, the board of education of any | 26 |
school district or the governing authority of any chartered | 27 |
nonpublic school may award such diploma to the veteran | 28 |
posthumously and may present that diploma to a living relative of | 29 |
the veteran. | 30 |
(B) The governor's office of veterans' affairs, in accordance | 31 |
with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, and with the advice and | 32 |
consent of the veterans advisory committee established under | 33 |
division (K) of section 5902.02 of the Revised Code, shall develop | 34 |
and adopt rules to implement this section. Such rules shall | 35 |
include, but not be limited to, rules establishing procedures for | 36 |
application and verification of eligible veterans for a diploma | 37 |
under this section. | 38 |
Section 2. That existing section 3313.616 of the Revised Code | 39 |
is hereby repealed. | 40 |