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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5367
Introduced , by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5367 |
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LRB095 16274 NHT 42294 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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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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