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LR 2835
Item 1

 
I am the parent or legal guardian of .......................
who is a student at ..........................__Please do
not release my child's name, address or telephone number to
the following without my prior written consent (initial one
or both):

 
.....Military Recruiters

 
.....Institutions of Higher Education

 
Form for student at least 18 years of age:

 
I am a student at ..........................__Please do not
release my name, address or telephone number to the
following without my prior written consent (initial one or
both):

 
.....Military Recruiters

 
.....Institutions of Higher Education

 
If a school sends out individual emergency contact information
forms, the school may meet the requirements of this subsection by
including the form required by paragraph B on the emergency
contact form.

 
3.__Prohibition on release of student information.__A school
that is notified by a parent or a student who is at least 18
years of age of that person's choice to not have the student
information released may not release that student's information.

 
4.__Rules.__The department shall adopt routine technical rules
pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A to implement the
provisions of this section.

 
SUMMARY

 
The federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires
secondary schools that receive federal funding to provide a
student's name, address and telephone listing to military
recruiters and institutions of higher education. Schools are
required to notify parents of the requirements of the No Child
Left Behind Act, but this may be done through a letter in the
student handbook. A parent may request that such information not
be released.

 
This bill requires all secondary schools subject to the No
Child Left Behind Act of 2001 to provide each parent, or student
who is 18 years of age, with specific information regarding the


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