The 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
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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.
