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.