STAND. COM. REP. NO.  913

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   S.B. No. 181

      S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 181, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERANS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to allow the Department of Education to continue, until June 30, 2020, awarding high school diplomas to qualified veterans who did not receive a diploma due to compulsory induction into the United States armed services or an interruption due to wartime practices.

 

     The Office of Veterans' Services; Department of Hawaii, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States; and two concerned individuals supported this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 181, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Education.

 

 


Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

 

 

 

 

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KEN ITO, Chair