Chapter 288
2013 -- H 5711 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/15/13
A N A C T
RELATING TO
EDUCATION - ACADEMIC CREDIT FOR MILITARY SERVICE
Introduced By: Representative Peter F. Martin
Date Introduced: February 27, 2013
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Title 16 of the General Laws entitled
"EDUCATION" is hereby amended
by adding thereto the following chapter:
CHAPTER
101
ACADEMIC
CREDIT FOR MILITARY SERVICE
16-101-1. Academic credit for military service. -- State
public higher education
institutions in the state shall honor the military training,
experience, correspondence courses and
occupations of an individual who has served in the military or
armed forces of the
by allowing academic credits that meet the standards of
the American Council on Education or
equivalent standards for awarding academic credit, if the award
of the educational credit is based
upon the institution’s admission standards and its role, scope,
and mission. The board of
education shall adopt policies or regulations requiring each
institution to award educational
credits to a student enrolled in the institution, based upon
the student’s military training or service
when academically appropriate.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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