Indiana High School Diploma for Wartime Veterans

Who. IC 20-20.5-5-3: an individual who served in the armed forces at any time from April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918, December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946, June 27, 1950 to January 31, 1955, or August 5, 1964 to May 7, 1975; who before that service attended an Indiana public or nonpublic high school and was a student in good standing; who did not graduate because of leaving for that service; and whose discharge meets the statute's test. A veteran who later earned a GED still qualifies, and a surviving spouse or other relative may apply for a veteran who has died (IC 20-20.5-5-9). How. Apply to the Department of Veterans Affairs on State Form 50900, which verifies service and passes the application to the Department of Education to issue the diploma; ceremonies may be held. The form, revised July 2020, has the Department certify that "the character of that service was honorable". Since July 1, 2025 the statute has excluded only the discharges on the relief fund list, so a general or administrative other than honorable discharge not on that list qualifies; an applicant refused on the form's wording should cite IC 20-20.5-5-3. A renumbering and a broken reference. House Enrolled Act 1004 of 2026 repealed Title 20, Article 20 and moved the diploma chapter from IC 20-20-7 to IC 20-20.5-5 on July 1, 2026. The relocated section 3 excludes a veteran discharged under "conditions set forth in IC 10-17-12-7.5(2)". House Enrolled Act 1343 of 2026, signed the same day, repealed section 7.5 and moved its list to IC 10-17-12-8.1, and amended the old diploma section to match; but the old section was repealed. The effect is almost certainly the same list, and a technical corrections bill will likely fix the reference. Until it does, anyone looking up the cited section will find it repealed. Forms and pages that cite IC 20-20-7 are now also a chapter behind.