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AN ACT
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relating to high school diplomas for certain military veterans. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 28.0251, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a |
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school district may issue a high school diploma to a person who: |
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(1) is an honorably discharged member of the armed |
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forces of the United States; |
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(2) was scheduled to graduate from high school: |
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(A) after 1940 and before 1975; or |
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(B) after 1989; and |
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(3) left [high] school after completing the sixth or a |
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higher grade, before graduating from high school, [graduation] to |
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serve in: |
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(A) World War II, the Korean War, [or] the |
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Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, the Iraq War, or the war in |
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Afghanistan; or |
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(B) any other war formally declared by the United |
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States, military engagement authorized by the United States |
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Congress, military engagement authorized by a United Nations |
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Security Council resolution and funded by the United States |
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Congress, or conflict authorized by the president of the United |
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States under the War Powers Resolution of 1973 (50 U.S.C. Section |
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1541 et seq.). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 966 passed the Senate on |
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March 24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 966 passed the House on |
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May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, one |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |