Iraq and Bush's* 'No Child Left Behind' Act

[Patriot_Spear]

Isn't it a weird bit of synchronicity that in the time running up to Bush's* war, he made sure the DoD had access to our kids; UNLESS, your kid goes to a private, religious school- then they're protected from recruiters.

You'd almost think Bush* had something in mind all along.



NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT OF OF 2001

The text below reproduces the portion of this Act pertaining to military recruiter access to high school student contact information.

It is Section 9528, pp. 559-560. If you want to see the entire Act To go to:
www.ed.gov/legislation/ESEA02/107-110.pdf

(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) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> 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
<[Page 115 STAT. 1984>] 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.