No-Fly Zones For Military Recruiters

[NATO AIR]

if they continue this... fine... let's start withholding federal funding and other forms of support... hammer these whiney bastards

http://www.christiansciencemonitor.com/2005/0818/p11s01-lifp.html

Living > Family / Parenting
from the August 18, 2005 edition

No-fly zones for military recruiters

By Stacy A. Teicher | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

There's one piece of paper that's getting more attention this year as parents sift through back-to-school packets: The opt-out form - a way to keep family contact information off the list that public schools must make available to military recruiters.
A wide variety of activists - including teens, parents, teachers, lawyers, and clergy - have been mobilizing this summer to draw a clearer line in the sand against the military's access to students:

• Local groups have lobbied school boards to create better forms spelling out families' choices for release of contact information - allowing them, for instance, to give information to colleges but not the military. National PTA, the parent- teacher association, is using its network of 26,000 chapters to spread the word about privacy and opt-out rights.

• In Congress, Rep. Mike Honda (D) of California and more than 50 cosponsors have put forward a bill that would amend the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law to create an opt-in system, so schools would give out contact information only for students who want to hear from recruiters.

• Under the umbrella terms of "truth in recruiting" or "counter-recruiting," community groups have sponsored workshops on everything from the legal details of military contracts to the options for claiming conscientious-objector status. And student activists have been gathering support for their efforts to set up tables in proximity to military recruiters at school to offer alternative information.

 

[Annie]

if they continue this... fine... let's start withholding federal funding and other forms of support... hammer these whiney bastards

I agree. I already checked, my high school district is NOT doing this. That doesn't mean that teachers might not encourage kids NOT to speak to recruiters, but the district is not getting involved.

 

[pegwinn]

if they continue this... fine... let's start withholding federal funding and other forms of support... hammer these whiney bastards

Yup, federal funds are already tied to the number of students enrolled. Simply withhold a proportional amount for each optOut. That money gets realigned to the recruiters to cover the cost of alternative contact methods.

Example: 1600 kids in myHS. myHS receives 165000 from Uncle. Each kid is worth 103.125 dollars in FedFund. 74 kids optOut. Ergo, 74 x 103.125= 7361.25 dollars to be reduced from the allocation of 165000.

Bet the ACLU would hemorrhage itself within hours of the announcement of the plan. Any takers?

 

[Gunny]

Yup, federal funds are already tied to the number of students enrolled. Simply withhold a proportional amount for each optOut. That money gets realigned to the recruiters to cover the cost of alternative contact methods.

Example: 1600 kids in myHS. myHS receives 165000 from Uncle. Each kid is worth 103.125 dollars in FedFund. 74 kids optOut. Ergo, 74 x 103.125= 7361.25 dollars to be reduced from the allocation of 165000.

Bet the ACLU would hemorrhage itself within hours of the announcement of the plan. Any takers?

Works for me. If a student does not wish to talk to a recruiter all he has to do is say no.