Bill Text: IL HB2177 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that, 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 in the armed forces of the United States if he or she: (1) resided in an area currently within the district; (2) left high school before graduating to serve in the armed forces of the United States; and (3) did not receive a high school diploma. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2019-07-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0131 [HB2177 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB2177-Enrolled.html

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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

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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.