[Peace-discuss] Part 2 - No child left behind (education, the cornerstone of democracy)

[msimon at uiuc.edu]

Section 9528 of No Child Left Behind legislation:

(also see 
(1) 
http://northampton.quaker.org/Unrecruited.htm - sample 
release letters for parents and students
(2) 
http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2002/45/ma_153_01.htm
l - rumsfeld/paige letter making clear that recruiter access 
is due to shortage) 


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

"(a) POLICY-

"(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.

"(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.

"(b) NOTIFICATION- The Secretary, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Defense, shall, not later than 120 days after 
the date of enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 
2001, notify principals, school administrators, and other 
educators about the requirements of this section.

"(c) EXCEPTION- The requirements of this section do not apply 
to a private secondary school that maintains a religious 
objection to service in the Armed Forces if the objection is 
verifiable through the corporate or other organizational 
documents or materials of that school.

"(d) SPECIAL RULE- A local educational agency prohibited by 
Connecticut State law (either explicitly by statute or 
through statutory interpretation by the State Supreme Court 
or State Attorney General) from providing military recruiters 
with information or access as required by this section shall 
have until May 31, 2002, to comply with that requirement."