Bill Text: MI SB0389 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Chaptered

Michigan Senate Bill 389 (Prior Session Legislation)

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: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 12-4)

Status: (Passed) 2014-03-27 - Assigned Pa 0055'14 With Immediate Effect [SB0389 Detail]

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Act No. 55

Public Acts of 2014

Approved by the Governor

March 25, 2014

Filed with the Secretary of State

March 25, 2014

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 25, 2014

STATE OF MICHIGAN

97TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

Introduced by Senators Emmons, Moolenaar, Gregory, Smith, Proos, Hildenbrand, Schuitmaker, Jones, Marleau, Jansen, Colbeck, Hopgood, Anderson, Brandenburg, Kowall and Pappageorge

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 389

AN ACT 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) 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, 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.

(b) 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 served under honorable conditions during World War II, the Korean conflict, or during the Vietnam era.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor