PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3053 PRINTER'S NO. 3865
No. 2229 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY ZUG, SEMMEL, MICHLOVIC, McCALL, ADOLPH, ALLEN,
ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, M. BAKER, BARRAR, BASTIAN, BEBKO-JONES,
BELARDI, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BROWNE, CALTAGIRONE,
CAPPELLI, CAWLEY, CLARK, CLYMER, COLEMAN, COSTA, COY,
CREIGHTON, DALEY, DALLY, DERMODY, DeWEESE, EGOLF, FICHTER,
GABIG, GEIST, GEORGE, GORDNER, GRUCELA, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY,
HUTCHINSON, JAMES, KELLER, KIRKLAND, LAUGHLIN, LESCOVITZ,
LUCYK, MAHER, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McGEEHAN,
McGILL, McILHATTAN, MELIO, MICOZZIE, R. MILLER, S. MILLER,
MUNDY, NAILOR, PALLONE, PETRARCA, PICKETT, READSHAW,
ROBINSON, ROHRER, SAMUELSON, SANTONI, SATHER, SAYLOR,
SCHULER, SCRIMENTI, SHANER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK,
T. STEVENSON, E. Z. TAYLOR, TIGUE, TRAVAGLIO, TURZAI,
WANSACZ, WATSON, WILT, WOJNAROSKI, M. WRIGHT, YOUNGBLOOD,
YUDICHAK, KAISER, STEELMAN, FREEMAN AND PIPPY,
DECEMBER 11, 2001
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED,
MAY 7, 2002
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
2 act relating to the public school system, including certain
3 provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
4 schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
5 laws relating thereto," authorizing boards of school
6 directors to establish a program to provide high school
7 diplomas to certain veterans.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 1611 of the act of March 10, 1949
11 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is
12 amended by adding a subsection to read:
1 Section 1611. Academic Degrees.--* * *
2 (c) A board of school directors may establish a program to
3 be known as "Operation Recognition" which provides for granting
4 a high school diploma to any honorably discharged veteran who
5 served in the United States military in the Korean War between
6 the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred fifty,
7 and the thirty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred
8 fifty-five, who attended high school between one thousand nine
9 hundred forty-seven and one thousand nine hundred fifty-five and
10 who would have been a member of a graduation class during the
11 years one thousand nine hundred fifty-one through one thousand
12 nine hundred fifty-nine FIFTY-SEVEN but did not graduate from <--
13 high school due to entry into military service. A board of
14 school directors may award a diploma posthumously to an eligible
15 veteran. An application for a diploma under this subsection must
16 be made in the manner prescribed by the board of school
17 directors.
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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