53A-3-427 - Honorary high school diploma for certain veterans. - Utah Statutes

53A-3-427. Honorary high school diploma for certain veterans.
(1) A board of education of a school district may award an honorary high school diplomato a veteran, if the veteran:
(a) left high school before graduating in order to serve in the armed forces of the UnitedStates;
(b) served in the armed forces of the United States during the period of World War II, theKorean War, or the Vietnam War;
(c) (i) was honorably discharged; or
(ii) was released from active duty because of a service-related disability; and
(d) (i) resides within the school district; or
(ii) resided within the school district at the time of leaving high school to serve in thearmed forces of the United States.
(2) To receive an honorary high school diploma, a veteran or immediate family memberor guardian of a veteran shall submit to a local school board:
(a) a request for an honorary high school diploma; and
(b) information required by the local school board to verify the veteran's eligibility for anhonorary high school diploma under Subsection (1).
(3) At the request of a veteran, a veteran's immediate family member or guardian, or alocal school board, the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall certify whether the veteran meetsthe requirements of Subsections (1)(b) and (c).

Enacted by Chapter 312, 2008 General Session