92nd General Assembly
Summary of SB0264
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Senate Sponsors:
MAHAR-LIGHTFORD, SULLIVAN, MYERS, MADIGAN,R, BOMKE, RADOGNO, 
   WALSH,T, DONAHUE, LUECHTEFELD AND HALVORSON.

House Sponsors:
WINKEL-MATHIAS-KOSEL-O'CONNOR-ZICKUS

Short description: 
WORLD WAR II VETERAN DIPLOMA                                               

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the School Code. Provides that school boards of  districts      
   that  maintain  grades  10  through 12 may award diplomas to honorably      
   discharged veterans of World  War  II  who  left  high  school  before      
   graduating  in order to serve in the armed forces of the United States      
   and who have not received a high school diploma.                            
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
        Allows diplomas  to  also  be  awarded  to  honorably  discharged      
   veterans of the Korean Conflict who left high school before graduating      
   in order to serve in the armed forces of the United States.                 
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          105 ILCS 5/22-27 new                                                 
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          105 ILCS 5/13B-20.30                                                 
          105 ILCS 5/13B-30.15                                                 
        Deletes everything after the enacting clause.   If  and  only  if      
   House Bill 1096 (as amended by Senate Amendments Nos. 1 and 2) becomes      
   law,  amends  the  School  Code  to  prohibit  an alternative learning      
   opportunities program from being established at  a  facility  separate      
   from  the  regular  school program unless the school district presents      
   information in its district plan showing that the use  of  a  separate      
   facility   is  in  the  educational  interests  of  the  participating      
   students.  Provides that indicators used to measure  student  outcomes      
   for   the  evaluation  of  a  program  may  include  student  academic      
   achievement.                                                                
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   1


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