Little Known Provision of "No Child Left Behind" re Military service info

[DesEtoiles]

A little-known provision of the law has stirred up some controversy:

The U.S. military has the right to obtain lists from high schools of students' names, addresses and phone numbers for recruiting purposes, and must be granted the same access to schools that is given to college and business recruiters. Schools that do no comply risk losing federal aid.

Parents that oppose this practice may "opt out." Schools are supposed to inform parents of their right to opt out by signing a waiver. In their rush to comply with the new regulations, many schools have not informed parents of this option.

Although some school officials see little downside to this part of the No Child Left Behind law because it gives students access to information about careers and educational opportunities in the military, others object to the armed forces' recruiting techniques and view the provision as an invasion of student privacy.

http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/oh/205/improve#law

[whalerider55]

1. yeah

as a school committee member, i'm aware of this, and have been grappling with how and when to take it on. i believe there are also provisions that do not allow schools to opt out of visits from recruiters to the schools themselves, but i need to go through all my crap to verify that.

no child left behind-- not while there are wars to fight to protect the oil.

whalerider55

[MaineDem]

2. This has been widely discussed here

Many parents aren't being advised and are clueless, unfortunately.