HOUSE BILL No. 4733


     May 8, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Ehardt, Richardville, Julian, Voorhees, Birkholz, Neumann, Sheltrown, Raczkowski, Bovin and Spade and
referred to the Committee on Education.


        A bill to authorize the board of a school district to award

   high school diplomas to World War II veterans under certain cir-

   cumstances; and to prescribe duties and responsibilities of cer-

   tain state officers and officials.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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

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      school diploma to a military veteran if the military veteran is

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      at least 65 years of age at the time of application to the board

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      for a high school diploma and the board is satisfied that all of

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      the following are true:

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           (a) Before graduation from a high school, the military vet-

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      eran enlisted in or was drafted into the armed forces of the

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      United States during World War II between December 7, 1941 and

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      September 2, 1945.




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

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

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

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      application is made.

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

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           (d) The miliary veteran served under honorable conditions

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      during World War II.

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           Sec. 2.  (1) The application form shall be prescribed by the

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      veterans affairs directorate of the department of veterans and

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      military affairs.

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           (2) The application may be completed by the veteran or the

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      veteran's spouse, brother or sister, children, or grandchildren.

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           Sec. 3.  The department of military and veterans affairs

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      shall notify the board of each school district of this act and

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      take steps to encourage each school district to meet the objec-

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      tive of this act.

























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