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Senate Bill S2143

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Awards high school diplomas to veterans; repealer

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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2025-S2143 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4668
Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §305 subs 29-a & 29-b, amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6292, A9597
2015-2016: S3408, A813
2017-2018: S397, A7695
2019-2020: S454, A3709
2021-2022: S3202, A7972
2023-2024: S778, A5058

2025-S2143 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows any veteran who has served this nation to be awarded a high school degree based on their knowledge and experience gained while in service.

2025-S2143 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2143 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2143
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to awarding  high  school
   diplomas  to  veterans;  and  repealing certain provisions of such law
   relating thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 29-a and 29-b of section 305 of the education
 law are REPEALED, and subdivision 29, as added by chapter 40 of the laws
 of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   29. The commissioner shall develop a program whereby any  veteran  [of
 the  armed  forces who served in world war II and] WHO HAS SERVED IN THE
 ACTIVE MILITARY OR NAVAL SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES AND WHO  HAS  BEEN
 DISCHARGED FROM SUCH SERVICE UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS, who was unable,
 for any reason, to complete a secondary education, may be awarded a high
 school  diploma  based  on  knowledge  and  experience  gained  while in
 service.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04355-01-5

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