PRINTER'S NO. 3920
No. 2739 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY ZUG, SEMMEL, MICHLOVIC, BENNINGHOFF, ALLEN,
ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, BARRAR, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI,
CAPPABIANCA, CLYMER, M. COHEN, CORRIGAN, COSTA, DAILEY,
DALLY, DEMPSEY, DeWEESE, EACHUS, EGOLF, FAIRCHILD, FARGO,
FEESE, FICHTER, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE, HARHART,
HERSHEY, HESS, HORSEY, JADLOWIEC, KENNEY, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER,
LUCYK, MANDERINO, MANN, MAYERNIK, McILHATTAN, MELIO,
S. MILLER, MUNDY, NAILOR, PETRARCA, PHILLIPS, PIPPY, PLATTS,
PRESTON, ROBERTS, ROONEY, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI,
SATHER, SAYLOR, SCHULER, SHANER, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STERN,
E. Z. TAYLOR, J. TAYLOR, TIGUE, TRUE, WANSACZ, WASHINGTON,
WILT, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD, SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, authorizing school districts to
3 establish programs for awarding high school diplomas to
4 certain military veterans.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 51 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 4109. Operation recognition.
10 A school district shall have the power and may establish a
11 program to be known as "Operation Recognition" which provides
12 for granting a high school diploma to any honorably discharged
13 veteran who served in the United States military in World War II
1 between September 16, 1940, and December 31, 1946, who attended
2 high school between 1937 and 1946 and who would have been a
3 member of a graduation class during the years 1941 through 1950
4 but did not graduate from high school due to entering military
5 service. A school district may establish an application and
6 requirements to apply for awarding of a diploma in accordance
7 with this section. A school district may award a diploma
8 posthumously to an eligible veteran.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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