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Effective July 1, 2002, Florida veterans who served during the Korean War may be eligible to receive a high school diploma. Senate Bill 292 provides for the award of a high school diploma to certain Korean War veterans who started high school between 1946 and 1950. Veterans who were inducted into the armed forces between June 1950 and January 1954 and scheduled to graduate between 1950 and 1954 are eligible recipients. The revised law amends s. 232.246, F. S., which originally awarded high school diplomas to World War II veterans.
Veterans who meet the following
criteria will be eligible:
- must be a Florida
resident;
- inducted into military
service between June 1950 and January 1954;
- received an honorable
discharge;
- started high school
between 1946 and 1950; and
- scheduled to graduate
from high school between 1950 and 1954.
The Departments of Education and Veterans' Affairs work together to assist veterans with the application process for their diplomas. Interested veterans should contact the Department of Veterans Affairs' at 1.727.319.7400 or Melissa Auter, Division of Workforce Development, Florida Department of Education, at 850-245-0446.
Senate Bill 292 is available on the
Legislative Home Page at
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/.
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