HCS HB 128 -- HONORARY HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS FOR VETERANS

SPONSOR:  Shoemaker, 8 (Willoughby)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Homeland
Security and Veterans Affairs by a vote of 16 to 0.

Current law permits veterans of both world wars and the Korean
War who entered the military before graduating from high school
to receive an honorary high school diploma.  This substitute
deletes references to specific wars to permit any veteran who
left high school to enter the military to apply for an honorary
diploma.

FISCAL NOTE:  Not available at time of printing.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill will honor all
veterans.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Willoughby; and
Veterans of Foreign Wars.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Steve Bauer, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated July 25, 2003 at 10:10 am