Bill > A5799

Introduced Session

Under current law, school districts are required to allow a student to wear a military dress uniform issued by a branch of the United States Armed Forces while participating in the student's high school graduation ceremony if the student has: 1. fulfilled all of the State and local requirements for receiving a high school diploma, and is otherwise eligible to participate in the high school graduation ceremony; and 2. completed basic training for, and is an active member of, a branch of the United States Armed Forces. This bill amends the law to also require school districts to allow graduating students to wear a military sash or stole issued to the student by a branch of the United States Armed Forces while participating in their high school graduation ceremony if they have fulfilled all of the State and local requirements for receiving a high school diploma, and are otherwise eligible to participate in the high school graduation ceremony. A military sash or stole is worn atop a graduation robe and is issued by a recruiter of the graduate's service branch upon enlistment.

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Ryan Peters (R)*,  Erik Peterson (R)*,  Edward Thomson (R)*,  Bob Auth (R),  DiAnne Gove (R),  Greg McGuckin (R),  Nancy Muñoz (R),  Brian Rumpf (R), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee (on 11/07/2019)

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