Parents May Choose to Opt Out of Federal Requirement
that High Schools Send Student's Personal Information to Department
of Defense for
Recruiting Purposes
Georgia PTA wants to let you know that the school systems are required
by federal law to send high school juniors' and seniors' names, addresses,
phone numbers and even Social Security number to the Department of Defense
(DoD) for recruiting purposes. However, if completed before October
1st, parents can opt out of this required personal information reporting
by writing a letter to your local School Superintendent and to the Department
of Defense
Click on the link below to access sample letters and the DOD
opt-out address:
http://www.pta.org/documents/military.pdf
National PTA is supporting the change of this law to require opt-in
rather than opt-out since personal information is being supplied to
governmental agencies, often without the knowledge of the students or
the parents.
