LRB-3703/1
MJL&RPN:cmh:jf
1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
October 27, 1999 - Introduced by Representatives Plouff, Musser, Sherman, Bock,
Goetsch, Gronemus, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hebl, Huber, Hundertmark,
Kreuser, Krug, Ladwig, J. Lehman, Meyer, Miller, Montgomery, Olsen,
Pettis, Riley, Ryba, Seratti, Suder, Sykora, Turner, Wasserman and Waukau,
cosponsored by Senators Moen, Breske, Chvala, Fitzgerald, Erpenbach,
Clausing, Darling, Welch, Farrow, Rude, Drzewiecki, Wirch, Zien, Burke
and Decker. Referred to Committee on Education.
AB567,1,2
1An Act to amend 119.04 (1); and
to create 120.13 (37) of the statutes;
relating
2to: granting high school diplomas to certain veterans.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill permits a school board to award a high school diploma to a person who
is at least 65 years old, attended high school in the school district, left high school
before graduation to join the armed forces during a war and served on active duty
under honorable conditions in the armed forces.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB567,2,45
119.04
(1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.03 (3) (c),
6115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, 115.345, 115.361, 115.38
7(2), 115.45, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.06, 118.07, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14,
8118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19,
1118.20, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6) and (8), 118.245, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.30
2to 118.43, 118.51, 118.52, 118.55, 120.12 (5) and (15) to (25), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2)
3(b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34)
and, (35)
and (37) and 120.14 are applicable
4to a 1st class city school district and board.
AB567, s. 2
5Section
2. 120.13 (37) of the statutes is created to read:
AB567,2,146
120.13
(37) Awarding high school diplomas to veterans. Notwithstanding s.
7118.33 (1), award a high school diploma to a person who is at least 65 years old,
8attended high school in the school district, left high school before receiving a high
9school diploma to join the U.S. armed forces during a war period under s. 45.35 (5)
10(e) and served on active duty under honorable conditions in the U.S. armed forces or
11in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces. A school board may award
12a high school diploma to a person who received a high school equivalency diploma
13under s. 115.29 (4) after serving on active duty if the person meets the other
14conditions of this paragraph.
