BILL NUMBER: AB 1463	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 6, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Smyth

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 51413 to the Education Code, relating to
high school graduation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1463, as amended, Smyth. High school graduation: military
uniforms.
   Existing law prescribes the requirements for a pupil to earn a
diploma of graduation from high school, including the completion of a
specified course of study and passage of the high school exit
examination.
   This bill would provide that a pupil who has fulfilled all of the
requirements to receive a diploma of graduation from high school
pursuant to state law and has completed the basic training required
for  and is an active member of  any armed branch of the
United States military has the right to wear the dress uniform issued
to him or her by that military branch while participating in the
graduation ceremony for his or her high school.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 51413 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   51413.  A high school pupil who has fulfilled all of the
requirements to receive a diploma of graduation from high school
pursuant to this code and has completed the basic training required
for  and is an active member of  any armed branch of the
United States military shall have the right to wear the dress uniform
issued to him or her by that military branch while participating in
the graduation ceremony for his or her high school.