ENROLLED

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

Senate Bill No. 287

(Senators Takubo, Boley, Carmichael, Gaunch, Stollings, Walters, Williams,

Trump and Blair, original sponsors )

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[Passed March 13, 2015; in effect ninety days from passage.]

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AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-34a, relating to providing for awarding posthumous high school diplomas under certain circumstances; and designating provisions as "Todd's Law".

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

            That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-32, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

§18-2-32. Posthumous high school diplomas.

            (a) This section shall be known as “Todd’s Law”.

            (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the state board shall provide for the awarding of a high school diploma to a deceased student, at the request of the parent, guardian or custodian, if the student:

            (1) Was enrolled in a public school in this state at the time of death;

            (2) Was academically eligible, or on track to complete the requirements for graduation at the time of death; and

            (3) Died after the completion of the eleventh grade school year.