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FACTS
THAT ALL STUDENTS PARENTS & SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SHOULD KNOW
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No Child Left Behind
Section 9528: The Hidden Clause
Your school is giving your personal information to military recruiters
whether you know it or not!
Why make something as important as where your personal directory
information goes so hidden away?
If the bill is meant to "help students," why not be up-front about what
their information is used for?
Section 9528 gives military recruiters
full access to all students’ personal information (names,
addresses, and telephone listings) for recruiting purposes, as well as access to students while in their schools.
If a school denies recruiters this information, the federal government
can cut funding to that school as punishment. |
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One way to prevent recruiters from
getting your info is to fill out an opt-out form. Sample forms are
available on this website.
All students and their parents are allowed to "opt-out," withhold the
students personal information from recruiters BUT:
* Many
students and parents are not even informed of this option.
* In some cases, students who have opted-out have unwillingly been
opted out of everything from the honor roll to playbills and
recognition of sports as well as having their information withheld from
college recruiters.
* Make sure that your school differentiates between opting-out of the
military opposed to opting-out of everything.
* One result of the act being abused is that it allows recruiters to
roam schools, some even getting special privileges, such as a whole
section of the guidance office.
A Lesson in Vocabulary
The difference between equal access
andfree access…
How often do you see
military recruiters in your school?
How often are college and
university representatives there?
A major misconception is that recruiters have full access to students.
SEC 9528 states,"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."
This means that the military should only get the same access as
colleges and job recruiters, not free access to the students or special
privileges.
ASVAB
Armed
Forces Vocational Aptitude Test
What they
tell you: ASVAB is a voluntary test that "will help you make
career decisions."
What it really is:
The ASVAB test is a sneaky way for military recruiters to get all the
information on students taking the test, for recruitment purposes.
The ASVAB is just another tool to help recruiters make their quotas
& advance in their careers.
Why would someone take
this test? We are told it will tell us what career skills we
have. Don’t buy that, ASVAB is not designed to help students make
career decisions. There are no connections between ASVAB scores and
civilian career skills
Before taking the ASVAB
test: Students must sign a document. Scores will not be
processed unless it’s signed. Even though most of the students who take
the test are minors, the military considers their signature legally
binding. This signature releases all of the students’ personal
information: name, address, phone number and social security number,
into a computer listing used for recruitment.
**CHOOSE OPTION 8**If
you do not choose Option 8, then all your information will be given out
to the military. Recruiters conviently don’t mention Option 8, but when
taking the ASVAB, Option 8 protects a student’s personal information
from the military recruiters. All schools that offer the ASVAB have
Option 8 for student’s to choose. Schools can also use Option 8 to
Opt-Out the entire school.
A conscientious objector is someone who
doesn’t believe in war in any form. You don’t have to be religious to
be a CO. The draft law states that it is the moral and ethical beliefs
that lead one to become a CO.
When can you register as a
CO?
The time to register as a CO is when you receive a draft letter telling
you to report to your draft board. If the draft is reinstated and your
name is called, it is better to already have documentation that you are
a CO.
What can you do now?
Document your anti-war/peace related activities (photos of you at
anti-war rallies, anti-war articles you’ve written, articles about you
& groups/clubs that you belong to.) and gather community support so
that you are recognized as a CO.
For more info, visit GI
Rights Hotline 1-877-447-4487 http://www.girightshotline.org/
Selective Service and its Importance
The
Selective Service is an independent executive agency, not the
military. Yet, it has the authority
to take civilians and order them into the military.
* Young men must register for the Selective Service during the 60-day
period around their 18th birthday.
* Men studying in the US on student visas don’t need to register with
the Selective Service unless they have a green card to work.
* Failure to register with the Selective Service will prevent you from
receiving federal financial aid, federal job training, up to $250,000
in fines & five years in jail.
* If you are a CO at the time you register, make it clear on the
registration card that yousubmit to the Selective Service.
* Have copies of it and send it return receipt requested. You can also
have it dated and notarized for further authentication. Registering as
a CO will not prevent you from receiving federal financial aid.
Visit www.sss.gov for more information.
When you sign the enlistment agreement: YOU ARE SIGNING A BINDING CONTRACT!
The actual contract is very clear, but beware, recruiters are very
deceptive with how they present it. For example, check out page 2,
paragraph 9, point B:
"Law and regulations that
govern military personnel may change without notice to me. Such changes
may affect my status, pay, allowances, benefits, and responsibilities
as a member of the Armed Forces REGARDLESS of the provisions of the
enlistment/reenlistment document."
Although you are pledging your life to serve in the military, and you
must uphold your end of the deal, there are NO GUARANTEES on their end!
It’s BINDING to YOU, but not to them.
Don’t sign anything!
Take someone with you when you see a recruiter (legal witness)
ASK FOR A COPY to show a parent, teacher or guidance counselor.
If they refuse to give you a copy, what does that tell you?
After you are in, you are subject to military law and it’s no longer as
simple as changing your mind.
IF YOU SIGN UP & CHANGE YOUR MIND…
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GO!!! The recruiter will tell you the exact opposite.
The DEP is Inactive Reserve Status: there is NO OBLIGATION to go, even
though you’ve signed up.
The enlistment agreement expires 1 year after you sign it.
Until you show up at Basic Training, you have no commitment to the
military
With the DEP, you are NOT
in the military
If a recruiter tries to threaten you, coerce you, intimidate you, or
tell you that you have to go, you do not have to put up with it!
Military regulations don’t allow this. Each branch of the military has
these regulations. They can be found through the following website: http://www.girightshotline.org/
Military recruiters have quotas to fill and will be punished if they
don’t fill them. We already know they didn’t meet their 2004 quota
& their numbers are already low for 2005. This means that their
recruitment efforts will be more aggressive than ever.
The Poverty Draft in Full
Effect
One of the biggest lures that recruiters have is the promise of funding
for higher education and job training. Recruiters aim to target
communities that are in the highest need of these programs.
The Facts:
Due to the pressure to meet quotas, as of March 2005, 37 military
recruiters have gone AWOL. (New York Times, Sunday March 27, 2005)
This January, for the first time since 1995, the Marines missed their
quota (Maj. Dave Griesmer, spokesman for Marine Corps Recruiting
Command, told The Associated Press)
The National Guard met only 56% of its recruiting quota in January (The
chief of the Army National Guard, Lt. Gen. Roger C. Schultz, told the
House panel)
The GI Bill
The GI Bill provides up to 36 months of
education benefits only if one is eligible.
So, what does makes one
"eligible?"Honorable Discharge and satisfy length of active
duty.
Depending on the discharge (release from military), you could be
prevented from receiving veteran benefits & unemployment insurance.
Discharges include: Honorable, General, Undesirable, Bad Conduct &
Dishonorable.
Soldiers given a dishonorable discharge may also give up certain
citizenship rights, including the right to legally own or have a
firearm and the right to vote in some states.
For detailed info, please
look at the Social Security Handbook 956.1 956.2 (ssa.gov)
Facts:
Due to a new military policy, everyone is opted into the GI Bill by
default.
$100 per month for
the first year in military will go towards the GI Bill plan.
1 out of 3 people never
see any money even though they pay into the fund (Commission on
Service Members & Veterans Transition Assistance)
25% of all soldiers don’t receive honorable discharges
One must opy out in order to not be signed up for the GI Bill.
Because the GI Bill is issued as a stipend, it actually lowers what you could get for financial aid
since it counts as income. This will work against you when applying for
financial aid for college! |
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