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Contact the ACLU of Southern California:
Email: info@aclu-sc.org
Telephone: (213) 977-9500
Students
The military may ask your school to give out the names, addresses and phone numbers of high school students for use by military recruiters. Know your rights. Here's what you can do:
Opt-out.
If you don't, your school may
give your contact information to the military.
The law allows you to say "no" through this form.
[download the file]Organize.
Use this printer-ready brochure to
spread the word about students' rights
and how to opt out from military recruiting.
[download the file]What is JROTC/ASVAB?
Find out more about these OPTIONAL programs.
Pay for college.
There are other ways to finance
a college education. Check out
these resources.California Student Free Expression Law
Read what the law says about the student exercise of free expression in California.
Parents & Community Groups
Students are seeing more and more military recruiters at their high schools — giving out gifts, promising money for college, and even promising that they won't be shipped to war. Some feel that the military is targeting low-income and minority students.
Opt-out.
The law allows student to refuse to give
their information to the military.
Here's the form they'll need to do it.
[download the file]Organize.
Use this printer-ready brochure to
spread the word about students' rights
and how to opt out from military recruiting.
[download the file]Send a letter to a school official.
This sample letter explains that students
are allowed by law to opt out from military
recruiting, and why school districts must
honor the forms.
[download the file]
Take Action
The law is on your side! There are things students, parents and community groups can do about military recruiting in their public schools:
Send a letter to a school official.
This sample letter explains that students
are allowed by law to opt out from military
recruiting, and why school districts
must honor the forms.
[download the file]Make sure students get ALL the information.
This resolution would regulate military
recruiters' access to high schools and ensure
that students know their rights.
[download the file]Make sure students aren't being targeted by recruiters.
Ask your school
district to regulate the ASVAB test, protecting
students from being coerced into taking a voluntary test.
[download the file]Ask your school district to adopt an opt-out policy.
This proposed resolution
would require school districts to
accept student opt-out forms.
[download the file]
