Public Act 101-0131
 
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    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, Korean Conflict, and Vietnam 
Conflict veterans; service member killed in action; 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,
 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.

    (a-5) Upon request, the school board of a school district 
that maintains grades 10 through 12 may posthumously award a 
diploma to any service member who was killed in action while 
performing active military duty with the armed forces of the 
United States if all of the following criteria have been met:
        (1) He or she resided in an area currently within the 
    district.
        (2) He or she left high school before graduating to 
    serve in the armed forces of the United States.
        (3) He or she did not receive 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. 96-88, eff. 7-27-09.)

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