Schools fail on recruitment notification
NBC 10 News
11/22/05
Rhode Island school districts have been put on notice that they must clarify their policies regarding military recruitment in schools. NBC 10's Kelley McGee reported that a provision in the No Child Left Behind Act gives military recruiters access to student information unless their parents sign a form that allows students to opt out of the process. This form is supposed to be sent home with every student, but a recent survey of Rhode Island schools by the American Civil Liberties Union found otherwise. 'The one thing that's very clear is that the vast majority of parents and students had no idea that this information about them was being released to the military without their knowledge,' said Steven Brown, executive director of the ACLU's Rhode Island affiliate...
http://www.turnto10.com/education/5385290/detail.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
11/22/05
Rhode Island school districts have been put on notice that they must clarify their policies regarding military recruitment in schools. NBC 10's Kelley McGee reported that a provision in the No Child Left Behind Act gives military recruiters access to student information unless their parents sign a form that allows students to opt out of the process. This form is supposed to be sent home with every student, but a recent survey of Rhode Island schools by the American Civil Liberties Union found otherwise. 'The one thing that's very clear is that the vast majority of parents and students had no idea that this information about them was being released to the military without their knowledge,' said Steven Brown, executive director of the ACLU's Rhode Island affiliate...
http://www.turnto10.com/education/5385290/detail.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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