BILL NUMBER: AB 781	CHAPTERED  07/28/03

	CHAPTER  130
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 28, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 27, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 14, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 10, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 7, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 18, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lieber
   (Principal coauthor:  Assembly Member Nakano)
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Chan, Chavez, Chu, Cox, Diaz,
Dymally, Hancock, Laird, Levine, Liu, Longville, Maze, Montanez,
Nakanishi, Pavley, Reyes, and Yee)
   (Coauthors:  Senators Kuehl and Romero)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2003

   An act to add Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 51430) to
Chapter 3 of Part 28 of the Education Code, relating to public
schools.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 781, Lieber.  World War II internees:  high school diplomas.
   Existing law sets forth the requirements for the issuance of high
school diplomas or equivalency certificates.
   This bill would, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, authorize a high school district, unified school district,
or county office of education, to retroactively grant a high school
diploma to a former pupil who was interned in the United States by
order of the federal government during World War II, as provided.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 51430) is added to
Chapter 3 of Part 28 of the Education Code, to read:

      Article 3.5.  High School Diplomas for World War II Internees

   51430.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, a high school district, unified school district, or county
office of education, may retroactively grant a high school diploma to
a person who has not received a high school diploma if he or she
was interned by order of the federal government during World War II
and was enrolled in a high school operated by the school district or
under the jurisdiction of the county office of education immediately
preceding his or her internment and did not receive a high school
diploma because the pupil's education was interrupted due to his or
her internment during World War II.