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SB264 Engrossed                                LRB9205715NTsb

 1        AN ACT with regard to education.

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

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

 6        (105 ILCS 5/22-27 new)
 7        Sec.  22-27.  World  War II and Korean Conflict veterans;
 8    diplomas.
 9        (a)  Upon request, the school board of any district  that
10    maintains  grades  10  through  12 may award a diploma, to be
11    given during the regular high school graduation ceremony,  to
12    any honorably discharged veteran who:
13             (1)  served in the armed forces of the United States
14        during World War II or the Korean Conflict;
15             (2)  resided  within  an  area  currently within the
16        district;
17             (3)  left high school before graduating in order  to
18        serve in the armed forces of the United States; and
19             (4)  has not received a high school diploma.
20        (b)  The  State  Board of Education and the Department of
21    Veterans'  Affairs  may  issue  rules  consistent  with   the
22    provisions  of  this  Section that are necessary to implement
23    this Section.

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