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hamperleft
6th July 2005, 05:27
The no child left behind act includes a certain sction requiring the school you attend to present private information to the military fro recruiting purposes.

NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT SECT 9528 (http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg112.html#sec9528)


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SEC. 9528. ARMED FORCES RECRUITER ACCESS TO STUDENTS AND STUDENT RECRUITING INFORMATION.

(a) POLICY-

sp;&nsbp;(1) ACCESS TO STUDENT RECRUITING INFORMATION- Notwithstanding section 444(a)(5)(B) of the General Education Provisions Act and except as provided in paragraph (2), each local educational agency receiving assistance under this Act shall provide, on a request made by military recruiters or an institution of higher education, access to secondary school students names, addresses, and telephone listings.

sp;&nsbp;(2) CONSENT- A secondary school student or the parent of the student may request that the student's name, address, and telephone listing described in paragraph (1) not be released without prior written parental consent, and the local educational agency or private school shall notify parents of the option to make a request and shall comply with any request.

(3) SAME ACCESS TO STUDENTS- Each local educational agency receiving assistance under this Act shall provide military recruiters the same access to secondary school students as is provided generally to post secondary educational institutions or to prospective employers of those students.



for some reason this just doesn't seem right to me, don't know what it is

Anarchist Freedom
6th July 2005, 07:19
What Can I say im not that suprised. We should expect the least. :angry:

Vallegrande
10th July 2005, 20:35
So what about the schools who dont want military recruiters? Do the children there get left behind? What bullshit.

danny android
10th July 2005, 22:56
there are opt-out forms that you can print off and sign that will prevent this. I will post it on here once i get to my house i am at a friends house right now and can't find the website sorry.

danny android
11th July 2005, 18:32
opt-out forms (http://www.militaryfreezone.org/opt_out.pdf)

You just have to get it signed by yourself and your parents and then give it to you principal and then they military isn't allowed to get information about you. I think it is cool.