Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §4722-A is enacted to read:

§4722-A.__High school diploma standards for World War II veterans

Notwithstanding section 4722, a secondary school may award a high school diploma to a person who is a resident of a municipality served by that secondary school or who attended that secondary school if that person:

1.__Started secondary school.__Started secondary school between 1937 and 1946;

2.__Served in Armed Forces.__Left secondary school to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States between September 16, 1940 and December 31, 1946;

3.__Did not receive high school diploma.__Did not receive a high school diploma as a consequence of service in the Armed Forces of the United States; and

4.__Honorably discharged.__Received an honorable discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States.

A secondary school may award a high school diploma posthumously.

SUMMARY

This bill permits a secondary school to award a diploma to a person who started secondary school between 1937 and 1946, left secondary school to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States, did not receive a diploma as a consequence of this service and received an honorable discharge.