Re: [privacy] No Child Left Behind ‘Privacy’ Policy Under Attack

["Dennis Henderson" <hendomatic () gmail com>]

In the interest of full disclosure, here is the section concerning the
reporting of student information to military recruiters. Its pretty grey and
I couldn't find any mention of sanctions as reported in the article as to
the privacy of the student.

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.



Provisions like this have existed in education bill since the 60's..
nothing new...




On 10/27/06, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
> Via the Lawrence (Kansas) Journal-World.
>
> [snip]
>
> Buried in the 670 pages of the federal No Child Left Behind law was a
> requirement that high schools provide lists of students' names,
> telephone numbers and addresses to military recruiters.
>
> Students can get off the list if they or their parents notify the
> school district in writing that they want to opt out.
>
> But there's a catch. Those who opt off the list find themselves also
> excluded from the lists provided to college and job recruiters. And
> opting out also means a student's name cannot be published in
> yearbooks, honor rolls or newspapers.
>
> [snip]
>
> More:
> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/oct/26/privacy_policy_under_attack/
>
> - ferg
>
>
> --
> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
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