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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.