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| To amend section 5910.01 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| qualify for the War Orphans Scholarship children | 2 |
| of military veterans who served in Grenada during | 3 |
| the intervention. | 4 |
| Section 1. That section 5910.01 of the Revised Code be | 5 |
| amended to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 5910.01. As used in this chapter and section 5919.34 of | 7 |
| the Revised Code: | 8 |
| (A) "Child" includes natural and adopted children and | 9 |
| stepchildren who have not been legally adopted by the veteran | 10 |
| parent provided that the relationship between the stepchild and | 11 |
| the veteran parent meets the following criteria: | 12 |
| (1) The veteran parent is married to the child's natural or | 13 |
| adoptive parent at the time application for a scholarship granted | 14 |
| under this chapter is made; or if the veteran parent is deceased, | 15 |
| the child's natural or adoptive parent was married to the veteran | 16 |
| parent at the time of the veteran parent's death; | 17 |
| (2) The child resided with the veteran parent for a period of | 18 |
| not less than ten consecutive years immediately prior to making | 19 |
| application for the scholarship; or if the veteran parent is | 20 |
| deceased, the child resided with the veteran parent for a period | 21 |
| of not less than ten consecutive years immediately prior to the | 22 |
| veteran parent's death; | 23 |
| (3) The child received financial support from the veteran | 24 |
| parent for a period of not less than ten consecutive years | 25 |
| immediately prior to making application for the scholarship; or if | 26 |
| the veteran parent is deceased, the child received financial | 27 |
| support from the veteran parent for a period of not less than ten | 28 |
| consecutive years immediately prior to the veteran parent's death. | 29 |
| (B) "Veteran" includes | 30 |
| (1) Any person who was a member of the armed services of the | 31 |
| United States for a period of ninety days or more, or who was | 32 |
| discharged from the armed services due to a disability incurred | 33 |
| while a member with less than ninety days' service, or who died | 34 |
| while a member of the armed services; provided that such service, | 35 |
| disability, or death occurred during one of the following periods: | 36 |
| April 6, 1917, to November 11, 1918; December 7, 1941, to December | 37 |
| 31, 1946; June 25, 1950, to January 31, 1955; January 1, 1960, to | 38 |
| May 7, 1975; August 2, 1990, to the end of operations conducted as | 39 |
| a result of the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, including support for | 40 |
| operation desert shield and operation desert storm, as declared by | 41 |
| the president of the United States or the congress; October 7, | 42 |
| 2001, to the end of operation enduring freedom as declared by the | 43 |
| president of the United States or the congress; March 20, 2003, to | 44 |
| the end of operation Iraqi freedom as declared by the president of | 45 |
| the United States or the congress; or any other period of conflict | 46 |
| established by the United States department of veterans affairs | 47 |
| for pension purposes; | 48 |
| (2) Any person who was a member of the armed services of the | 49 |
| United States and served for any period between October 25, 1983, | 50 |
| and December 12, 1983, in Grenada during the intervention; | 51 |
| (3) Any person who served as a member of the United States | 52 |
| merchant marine and to whom either of the following applies: | 53 |
| (a) The person has an honorable report of separation from the | 54 |
| active duty military service, form DD214 or DD215. | 55 |
| (b) The person served in the United States merchant marine | 56 |
| between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946, and died on | 57 |
| active duty while serving in a war zone during that period of | 58 |
| service. | 59 |
| (C) "Armed services of the United States" or "United States | 60 |
| armed forces" includes the army, air force, navy, marine corps, | 61 |
| coast guard, and such other military service branch as may be | 62 |
| designated by congress as a part of the armed forces of the United | 63 |
| States. | 64 |
| (D) "Board" means the Ohio war orphans scholarship board | 65 |
| created by section 5910.02 of the Revised Code. | 66 |
| (E) "Disabled" means having a sixty per cent or greater | 67 |
| service-connected disability or receiving benefits for permanent | 68 |
| and total nonservice-connected disability, as determined by the | 69 |
| United States department of veterans affairs. | 70 |
| (F) "United States merchant marine" includes the United | 71 |
| States army transport service and the United States naval | 72 |
| transport service. | 73 |
| Section 2. That existing section 5910.01 of the Revised Code | 74 |
| is hereby repealed. | 75 |