HOUSE BILL No. 4870

 

June 19, 2003, Introduced by Rep. Jamnick and referred to the Committee on Education.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 2001 PA 181, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "An act to authorize the board of a school district to award high           

    school diplomas to World War II veterans under certain                      

    circumstances; and to prescribe duties and responsibilities of              

    certain state officers and officials,"                                      

                                                                                

    by amending the title and section 1 (MCL 35.341).                           

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1                                 TITLE                                         

                                                                                

2                                                                                An act to authorize the board of a school district to award                        

                                                                                

3   high school diplomas to World War II veterans, Vietnam War                  

                                                                                

4   veterans, and Korean conflict veterans under certain                        

                                                                                

5   circumstances; and to prescribe duties and responsibilities of              

                                                                                

6   certain state officers and officials.                                       

                                                                                

7       Sec. 1.  (1) The board of a school district may award a high                

                                                                                

8   school diploma to a qualified military veteran.                             

                                                                                

9       (2) As used in this act, "qualified military veteran" means                 

                                                                                

10  an individual who meets all of the following requirements:                  


                                                                                

1       (a) The military veteran is at least 65 years of age, if                    

                                                                                

2   living, or had attained at least 65 years of age, if deceased.              

                                                                                

3       (b) Before graduation from a high school, the military                      

                                                                                

4   veteran enlisted in or was drafted into the armed forces of the             

                                                                                

5   United States during World War II between December 16, 1940 and             

                                                                                

6   December 31, 1946, during the Vietnam War between February 28,              

                                                                                

7   1961 and May 7, 1975, or during the Korean conflict between June            

                                                                                

8   27, 1950 and January 31, 1955.                                              

                                                                                

9       (c) At the time he or she was drafted into or enlisted in the               

                                                                                

10  armed forces of the United States, the military veteran was                 

                                                                                

11  enrolled in a high school in the school district to which the               

                                                                                

12  application is made.                                                        

                                                                                

13      (d) The military veteran did not graduate from high school.                 

                                                                                

14      (e) The military veteran served under honorable conditions                  

                                                                                

15  during World War II, the Vietnam War, or the Korean conflict.