Act to Protect Your Privacy from Military Recruiters

You may be harassed at home because, under the No Child Left Behind Law, any high school receiving federal funds is required to send personal contact information on all their juniors and seniors to the military, unless you tell your school to not give out the information. To exercise your legal right to have this information kept private, you should notify your school office as soon as possible. Some school districts may provide their own forms for this, but they must obey your request no matter how you submit it. You can write your own letter or use the one below. Use a letter or form for each individual student and keep a copy. It is not required by law, but we recommend having a parent or guardian also sign: Print the forms out twice, fill out and send one copy to the Principal of your child's school. This should be done with the first week of enrollment at the start of the school year. Keep a copy for yourself and call the school to make sure that they processed the form correctly. Once the military has your number, recruiters will call you at home, unless you do something about it. Fortunately, there is something you can do to prevent this intrusion on your privacy. You need to tell your school that you do not want your name given out.

Federal public law 107-110, section 9528 of the ESEA, "No Child Left Behind Act" requires school districts to release student names, addresses, and phone numbers to military recruiters upon their request. The law also requires the school district to notify you of your right to Opt-Out from this by requesting that the district not release your information to military recruiters. The completion and return of this form serves as your request to withhold your private information.

Copy and paste the text below into a word document, complete it, and give it to your Principal or School Administrator. The one on the left is to be completed by a parent for students under age 18. The one on the right is for students over 18 to complete themselves.

PDF Version of the Opt Out Letter

Parent Opt Out Letter in Word Doc format

Student Opt Out Letter in Word Doc format