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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0137* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 137 |
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| 8 | 8 | | F1 5lr0902 |
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| 9 | 9 | | (PRE–FILED) |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Simonaire |
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| 11 | 11 | | Requested: September 19, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Education – High School Diploma – Veterans of Armed Conflicts 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of authorizing certain individuals honorably discharged from military 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | service to obtain a high school diploma if the individual withdrew from a certain 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | public or private school to enlist in the armed forces during a certain armed conflict; 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | and generally relating to high school diplomas for veterans. 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Article – Education 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 7–206.1 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Article – Education 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7–206.1. 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (a) An individual honorably discharged from military service may apply to obtain 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | a high school diploma if the individual withdrew from a regular full–time public or private 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | high school accredited by the State Board to enlist in the armed forces of the United States 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | during[: 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | |
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| 44 | 44 | | (1) World War II; 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) The Korean Conflict; or 21 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 SENATE BILL 137 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (3) The Vietnam Conflict] AN ARMED CONFLICT AU THORIZED BY THE 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OR CONGRESS. 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (b) To obtain a high school diploma under subsection (a) of this section, the 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | individual shall apply to the county board in the county where the individual resides or 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | where the school from which the individual withdrew was located. 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (c) Each county board shall adopt rules and regulations to establish procedures 6 |
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| 58 | 58 | | for awarding diplomas under this section. 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 8 |
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| 61 | 61 | | October 1, 2025. 9 |
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