Sec. 7. (a) The department and the department of veterans’ affairs shall jointly design a form for the application for issuance of a diploma under the program.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-20-7-7

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • diploma: refers to a high school diploma. See Indiana Code 20-20-7-2
  • eligible veteran: refers to an individual who has the following qualifications:

    Indiana Code 20-20-7-3

  • program: refers to the high school diploma program for eligible veterans established by section 6 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 20-20-7-4
  • veteran: includes "Hoosier veteran" and applies to the construction of all Indiana statutes, unless the construction is expressly excluded by the terms of the statute, is plainly repugnant to the intent of the general assembly or of the context of the statute, or is inconsistent with federal law. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (b) The application form must require at least the following information about an eligible veteran:

(1) Personal identification information.

(2) Military service information, including a copy of the eligible veteran‘s honorable discharge.

(3) High school information, including the following:

(A) Name and address, including county, of the last high school attended.

(B) Whether the high school was a public or nonpublic school.

(C) Years attended.

(D) Year of leaving high school to begin military service.

(E) Year in which the veteran would have graduated if the veteran had not left high school to begin military service.

(4) If the high school attended was a public school, whether the veteran prefers receiving a diploma issued by:

(A) the state board; or

(B) the governing body of the school corporation governing the high school.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-30-7.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.