Senate Bill S5525

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S5525

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring
notification to parents and guardians of the ability to opt out of the
school's release of information to military recruiters

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

To provide notice to parents and guardians of their federal statutory
right, under the "Every Child Succeeds Act," to remove children's
names from various disclosures to military recruiters.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

This bill amends section 305 of the education law by adding
subdivision 56.

Subdivision 1 requires school districts to provide notice to students,
and to parents or guardians, that they may request that the student's
information not be released to military recruiters.

Subdivision 2 provides that such notice must be placed in a clear and
conspicuous manner on emergency contact forms disclosed to recruiters
by the school.
              

Subdivision 3 provides that a student and parent or guardian be
provided the option to check "disclose" or "do not disclose" on
relevant information which would otherwise be disclosed.

Subdivision 4 requires that the principal of a school, on or before
October first and March first of each school year, must submit a list
to the local educational agency including a list of all of those who
have opted out of disclosing information to military recruiters.

Subdivision 5 establishes an immediate effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The federal "Every Child Succeeds Act" contains a provision requiring
high schools to provide the contact information of all of its students
to any military recruiter who requests such information. The law also
states, however, that students and the parents or guardians of
students have the right to remove their name from any list sent to the
requesting military recruiters.

This legislation would require that schools include "opt-out" language
on their emergency contact forms, thus informing students and parents
or guardians of their federal statutory right to prevent their contact
information from being disclosed. Such language must be presented
clearly and inconspicuously upon the emergency contact form.
Additionally, this bill would require schools to submit a list to its
local educational agency containing all students who have opted out of
these disclosures.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.