SB1936 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1936

Introduced 1/16/2008, by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/22-27

Amends the School Code. Allows school boards to award high school diplomas to honorably discharged veterans who served in the armed forces of the United States during the Vietnam Conflict. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 22-27 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/22-27)

Sec. 22-27. World War II, and Korean Conflict, and Vietnam Conflict veterans; diplomas.

(a) Upon request, the school board of any district that maintains grades 10 through 12 may award a diploma to any honorably discharged veteran who:

(1) served in the armed forces of the United States during World War II, or the Korean Conflict, or the Vietnam Conflict;

(2) resided within an area currently within the district;

(3) left high school before graduating in order to serve in the armed forces of the United States; and

(4) has not received a high school diploma.

(b) The State Board of Education and the Department of Veterans' Affairs may issue rules consistent with the provisions of this Section that are necessary to implement this Section.

(Source: P.A. 92-446, eff. 1-1-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.