Opt out forms for midddle/highschoolers to military recruiters

I posted this in another line and realized it might be useful not buried. Public schools that get federal money have to offer a form to parents to let them opt out of having their children's information released to military recuiters. If they don't, they risk losing the federal funding. (Private schools don't have to.) They have to offer them to you, not wait for you to ask, but may or may not do this, whether out of malice, ignorance or laziness.

We found out about this recently through our local peace group. After going in the school and asked for them, they said they didn't have any, no one had asked for them yet and it would take a while to get them made up. 1 week after the school protest and sign up, and after many of the kids signed it on their own, they were mailed to the parents. It is, ok to copy, print, sign and use what we used, as a group or individually, and the website we got this at is on the bottom:

Section 9528 Request, Opt-out Form for Secondary Students

I, ______________, hereby exercise my federal right, granted to me by the Congress of the United States under Section 9528 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, (and any other applicable state, federal or local law or any school policy) and hereby request that the name, address, and telephone listing of _______________ (name of student), a current student at _______________ (name of school), NOT be released to miltary recruiters without prior written parental consent. I do, however, consent to the disclosure of such information to institutions of higher education other than miliary schools.
Signed by (student) (parent) check one
_______________________________signature/date
_______________________________print name
_______________________________address
_______________________________city/state/zip

Note to students/parents: this certificate can be signed either by a student or a parent. A student does not nneed parentnal consent to submit this certificate. Any secondary school student, regardless of age, can sign this certificate and is authorized by law to submit this request. Parents can also sign this certificate for any secondary student. No information about elementary students will be disclosed to miltary recruiters. When completed, submit this form to the school's administration office.

Note to school administrators: You are required by federal law to comply with this request. It is a serious violation of federal law to disregard this request and release the name, address, or telephone listing of this student to any military recruiter without prior, written, parental consent. Sec. 9528(a)(2) of the elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

This form may be downloaded at http://peace.idahogreenparty.org

I signed that form for my daughter last year and the recruiters called at least once a week anyway. When I told them we opted out and asked why they were still calling, one recruiter actually said, "Well, we're Big Brother and we have our ways of getting around that."

With all due respect to those in uniform who are honorable and respect their constitutionally mandated restraints, don't expect that signing a form will get the military to leave you and your kid alone.