This bill amends section 79-730 of the Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, which pertains to the issuance of high school equivalency diplomas by the Commissioner of Education. The key change in the bill is the removal of the requirement that applicants must have attained their eighteenth birthday and that they must be unable to secure a diploma from their last attended high school or that the class they were enrolled in must have graduated for at least one year.

As a result of these amendments, the criteria for obtaining a high school equivalency diploma are now more accessible, allowing individuals who may not meet the previous age and enrollment conditions to qualify based on their achievements in approved tests and other relevant criteria set by the Commissioner of Education. The original section 79-730 is repealed, consolidating the updated provisions into the law.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 79-730
Final Reading: 79-730
Slip Law: 79-730