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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
522-27 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/22-27)
7    Sec. 22-27. World War II, Korean Conflict, and Vietnam
8Conflict veterans; service member killed in action; diplomas.
9    (a) Upon request, the school board of any district that
10maintains grades 10 through 12 may award a diploma to any
11honorably discharged veteran who:
12        (1) served in the armed forces of the United States
13    during World War II, the Korean Conflict, or the Vietnam
14    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    (a-5) Upon request, the school board of a school district
21that maintains grades 10 through 12 may posthumously award a
22diploma to any service member who was killed in action while
23performing active military duty with the armed forces of the

 

 

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1United States if all of the following criteria have been met:
2        (1) He or she resided in an area currently within the
3    district.
4        (2) He or she left high school before graduating to
5    serve in the armed forces of the United States.
6        (3) He or she did not receive a high school diploma.
7    (b) The State Board of Education and the Department of
8Veterans' Affairs may issue rules consistent with the
9provisions of this Section that are necessary to implement this
10Section.
11(Source: P.A. 96-88, eff. 7-27-09.)
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.