CS/SB 412--Education/children of POWs and MIAs.The bill amends [sections] 295.015, to extend educational opportunity benefits at state expense to the dependent children of Florida resident parents who have been declared prisoners of war prisoners of war, in international law, persons captured by a belligerent while fighting in the military. International law includes rules on the treatment of prisoners of war but extends protection only to combatants. (POWs) or missing in action (MIA MIA n. A member of the armed services who is reported missing following a combat mission and whose status as to injury, capture, or death is unknown. [m(issing) i(n) a(ction). ) since the Vietnam era Vietnam Era is a term used by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to classify veterans of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam Era is considered to have begun in 1964 and ended in 1975. The U.S. Congress, U.S. . The bill includes the dependent children of parents who have been classified as a POW or MIA while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States A term used to denote collectively all components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. See also United States Armed Forces. or in the capacity of civilian personnel captured while serving with the consent or authorization of the United States Government. The bill reduces the parent's Florida residency requirement from five years to one year prior to the event that caused the parent to be classified as a POW or MIA. Approved by the governor, these provisions take effect July 1, 2007. |
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