Do schools have to allow military recruiters on campus?
Yes, but only if the school already allows colleges and prospective employers on campus. Federal and state laws require that high schools give military recruiters “the same access” to campuses as the schools provide to other people or groups who tell students about job or career possibilities. So if a school doesn’t have any on-campus recruiting, it doesn’t have to allow on-campus military recruiting. But if a school has a job fair with many employers, for example, it has to offer similar access to military recruiters. The part of NCLB that mandates that schools give military recruiters access equal to that given to other recruiter is as follows: Each local educational agency receiving assistance … 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. [Title 20, United States Code, Section 7908(a)(3)] NDAA has an identical provision. [Title 10, U
Yes, but only if the school already allows colleges and prospective employers on campus. NCLB requires that military recruiters be given “equal access” to that given to college and employment recruiters. Equal access is not FREE access. Recruiters must make appointments in advance, just as any other outside group does. Schools can prohibit recruiters from removing students from class, from being given class time to talk to students, roaming the halls, or hanging out in the cafeteria if college or job recruiters are not allowed to. Note: Several law schools recently argued that they should be able to exclude the military from recruiting on campus, as they would other employers who engage in discrimination based on sexual orientation. But the Supreme Court decided, in March 2006, that anti-discrimination policies cannot bar military recruiters from college campuses that accept federal funding. WHAT ARE OTHER WAYS THAT RECRUITERS CAN GET STUDENT INFORMATION? The Armed Services Vocational
