HB 1536 — Clarifying requirements governing the withholding of high school diplomas.

What this bill does

Makes changes to the authority of school districts to withhold the diplomas of students who lose or willfully damage property, and modifies reporting requirements on this topic. Requires community service by a student (that is performed in lieu of the payment of monetary damages) to be credited at the applicable local or state minimum wage, whichever is greater.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 27, 2023
  74 yea · 21 nay · 3 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 11, 2023
  28 yea · 21 nay

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