Senate Bill No. 38
(By Senator Love)
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[Introduced January 12, 2000; referred to the Committee
on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend article two, chapter eighteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section
thirty-four, relating to providing high school diplomas to
certain World War I and World War II veterans who did not
graduate from high school due to their military service.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter eighteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
thirty-four, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-2-34. High school diplomas for World War I and World War II
veterans.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code or rule to
the contrary, the state board shall provide for the awarding of
high school diplomas to any World War I or World War II veteran
who:
(1) Left high school prior to graduation in order to serve
in the armed forces of the United States;
(2) Did not receive a high school diploma as a consequence
of the service; and
(3) Was discharged from the armed services under honorable
conditions.
(b) The state board and the veterans' council, created in
article one, chapter nine-a of this code, shall jointly
promulgate guidelines for the identification of eligible veterans
and for the awarding of diplomas.
(c) For purposes of this section:
(1) "World War I Veteran" means any veteran who:
(A) Performed wartime service between April sixth, one
thousand nine hundred seventeen and November eleventh, one
thousand nine hundred eighteen; or
(B) Has been awarded the World War I Victory Medal; and
(2) "World War II Veteran" means any veteran who performed
wartime service between September sixteenth, one thousand nine
hundred forty and December thirty-first, one thousand nine
hundred forty-six.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide high school
diplomas to those World War I and World War II veterans that did
not graduate from high school due to their military service.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.