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Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 5/21/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2682
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2682 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 22-27 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/22-27)
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| Sec. 22-27. World War II, and Korean Conflict, and Vietnam |
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| Conflict veterans; diplomas.
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| (a) Upon request, the school board of any district that |
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| maintains
grades 10 through 12 may award a diploma to any |
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| honorably discharged veteran
who:
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| (1) served in the armed forces of the United States |
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| during World War II,
or the Korean Conflict, or the Vietnam |
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| Conflict;
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| (2) resided within an area currently within the |
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| district;
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| (3) left high school before graduating in order to |
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| serve in the armed
forces of the United States; and
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| (4) has not received a high school diploma.
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| (b) The State Board of Education and the Department of |
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| Veterans' Affairs
may issue rules consistent with the |
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| provisions of this Section that are
necessary to implement this |
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| Section.
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| (c) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that |
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| may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head |
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| under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to |
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| make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions |
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| of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, |
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| however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to |
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| implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to |
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| the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House |
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| and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the |
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| General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those |
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| suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action |
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| in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this |
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| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be |
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| interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other |
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| Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise |
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| explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning |
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| contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative |
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| Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the |
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| meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois |
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| Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such |
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| definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the |
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| jurisdiction of the Governor. |
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| (Source: P.A. 92-446, eff. 1-1-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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