Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 2654
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/07/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Constantine) recommended
       the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (575226) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 185 - 202
    5  and insert:
    6         (1) This section may be cited as the “Corporal Larry E.
    7  Smedley Vietnam Veterans High School Diploma Act.”
    8         (2) The Commissioner of Education may award a standard high
    9  school diploma to honorably discharged veterans who started high
   10  school between 1937 and 1946 and were scheduled to graduate
   11  between 1941 and 1950 but were inducted into the United States
   12  Armed Forces between September 16, 1940, and December 31, 1946,
   13  prior to completing the necessary high school graduation
   14  requirements. Upon the recommendation of the commissioner, the
   15  State Board of Education may develop criteria and guidelines for
   16  awarding such diplomas.
   17         (3) The Commissioner of Education may award a standard high
   18  school diploma to honorably discharged veterans who started high
   19  school between 1946 and 1950 and were scheduled to graduate
   20  between 1949 and 1955 but were inducted into the United States
   21  Armed Forces between June 1949 and January 1955 and served
   22  during the Korean War prior to completing the necessary high
   23  school graduation requirements. Upon the recommendation of the
   24  commissioner, the State Board of Education may develop criteria
   25  and guidelines for awarding such diplomas.
   26         (4) The Commissioner of Education may award a standard high
   27  school diploma to honorably discharged veterans who were
   28  inducted into the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam
   29  Era, as defined in s. 1.01(14), before completing the necessary
   30  high school graduation requirements. Upon the recommendation of
   31  the commissioner, the State Board of Education may develop
   32  criteria and guidelines for awarding such diplomas.
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   35         And the title is amended as follows:
   36         Delete line 564
   37  and insert:
   38         creating s. 1003.4287, F.S.; providing a short title;
   39         authorizing the award of