Can high schools be required to release information about all of their students?
Maybe. The law refers to “secondary school” students, but the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Defense have told schools that recruiters will only ask for information about students in the eleventh and twelfth grades. The two statutes (NCLB and NDAA) state that schools must provide information about secondary school students. The statutes do not place any further limitations on which secondary students can have their information released. But in the joint October 9, 2002 letter offering “guidance” to the field, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Education state: In accordance with [NCLB and NDAA], military recruiters are entitled to receive the name, address, and telephone listing of juniors and seniors in high school. [Cover letter for “Policy Guidance – Access to High School Students and Information on Students by Military Recruiters.” October 9, 2002. http://www.ed.gov/print/policy/gen/guid/fpco/hottopics/ht-10-09-02a.html] That joint letter was sub
