GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2005

 

 

SESSION LAW 2006-260

SENATE BILL 862

 

 

AN ACT to authorize the state board of education to issue special diplomas to qualified veterans of korea and vietnam.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C-12 reads as rewritten:

"§ 115C-12.  Powers and duties of the Board generally.

The general supervision and administration of the free public school system shall be vested in the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall establish policy for the system of free public schools, subject to laws enacted by the General Assembly. The powers and duties of the State Board of Education are defined as follows:

(29)     To issue special high school diplomas to veterans of World War II. World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. - The State Board of Education shall issue special high school diplomas to all honorably discharged veterans of World War II World War II, the Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam era who request special diplomas and have not previously received high school diplomas."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of July, 2006.

 

 

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/ James B. Black

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

                                                                    s/ Michael F. Easley

                                                                         Governor

 

 

Approved 11:47 a.m. this 24th day of August, 2006