The Hawaii Department of Education will continue to be able to award high school diplomas to qualified veterans who were unable to complete schooling because they were drafted into the armed services of the United States. ADVERTISING The Hawaii Department
The Hawaii Department of Education will continue to be able to award high school diplomas to qualified veterans who were unable to complete schooling because they were drafted into the armed services of the United States.
Gov. David Ige on Friday signed into law Senate Bill 181, which continues for five years a program established by Act 101 in 2007 that was set to expire at the end of the month. It covers qualified veterans who served during World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars.
The bill also allows the department to award a high school diploma to any person whose high school education was interrupted because of wartime practices, such as internment during World War II.
“This is just another small example of a way that we can correct a past wrongs and provide for completion an d awarding of diplomas to those whose lives were disrupted due tot he war,” Ige said.
