Bill Text: MI HB5618 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Veterans; benefits; veterans who did not graduate but joined the armed forces during Vietnam war; grant high school diploma to. Amends sec. 1 of 2001 PA 181 (MCL 35.341).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-05 - Printed Bill Filed 06/05/2014 [HB5618 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB5618-Introduced.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 5618

 

June 4, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Oakes and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs.

 

     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 and Korean conflict

veterans under certain circumstances; and to prescribe duties and

responsibilities of certain state officers and officials,"

 

by amending section 1 (MCL 35.341), as amended by 2003 PA 203.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

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

 

school diploma to a qualified military veteran.

 

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

 

individual who meets all of the following requirements:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 


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

 

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

 

31, 1946, or during the Korean conflict between June 27, 1950 and

 

January 31, 1955, or during the Vietnam era between February 28,

 

1961 and May 7, 1975.

 

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

 

armed forces of the United States, the military veteran was

 

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

 

application is made.

 

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

 

     (e) The military veteran served under honorable conditions

 

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

 

era.

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