Jennifer's Law is a law in the U.S. state of Texas that permits school districts to award posthumous diplomas to students who die during their senior year of high school.
The law is named for Jennifer Ann Crecente, an Austin, Texas high school senior who was murdered a few months before her graduation by a former boyfriend.
On February 15, 2007, Senator Eliot Shapleigh from El Paso, Texas filed SB 697 in the Texas Senate to create "Jennifer's Law.
The bill passed the Education Committees of both the Senate and House unanimously.
[3] "Jennifer's Law" allows for parents of a deceased high school student (the student does not have to be the victim of a crime to qualify) to request a posthumous diploma from the school district in Texas to which the student's high school belongs, subject to the following conditions: