Board of Ed Restricts Military Recruiters' Access to Students
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
New York, NY –
Military recruiters won't be given as much free reign to high school students, under new regulations issued by the City's Department of Education.
REPORTER: The federal No Child Left Behind Law requires school districts to provide the names and contact information of 11th and 12th grade students to recruiters - except when families opt out. But Udi Ofer, advocacy director for the New York Civil Liberties Union, says principals didn't have clear regulations about how much access to give recruiters.
OFER: And we heard complaints from principals and the DOE has acknowledged that it has received complaints from principals about overly aggressive military recruiters trying to gain access to schools.
REPORTER: The new policy says recruiters can't use class time. And students and their families will get clear opt-out letters in eight different languages.
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