FINAL BILL REPORT

SSB 5358

C 234 L 03

Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description: Authorizing issuance of high school diplomas to veterans of the Korean conflict who were honorably discharged and left high school before graduation to serve in the Korean conflict.

Sponsors: Senate Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Senators West, Shin, Sheahan, Honeyford, Hewitt, Roach, Finkbeiner, Hale, Kline, McAuliffe, Winsley, Mulliken, Rasmussen and Schmidt).

Senate Committee on Education

House Committee on Education

Background: Under current law, local school districts may issue high school diplomas to honorably discharged World War II veterans who left high school before graduation in order to serve in the war. The Superintendent of Public Instruction establishes the evidence requirements necessary to prove eligibility for the diploma.

Summary: Local school districts may issue high school diplomas to honorably discharged veterans of the Korean conflict who were scheduled to graduate from high school but were unable to graduate due to service in the Korean conflict.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate       49  0

House       96  0    (House amended)

Senate       48  0    (Senate concurred)

Effective: May 12, 2003