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:
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(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