Important information regarding Military Recruitment and Middle/High School Students

STUDENT OPT OUT AND ASVAB RIGHTS

Approved by Hawaii State Department of Education for dissemination by Maui Peace Action

ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT MILITARY RECRUITERS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND THEIR EXCESSIVE CONTACTING OF TEENAGE STUDENTS TO RECRUIT THEM TO BE SENT TO THE WAR? DO YOU, OR MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY, HAVE STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY GRADES 7 - 12?

The No Child Left Behind Act requires the Hawaii State Department of Education to release your private information for purpose of recruitment.

Act now if you want to keep your private information private! Here’s how -

1. Get the military recruiting opt out form at the Hawaii DOE website

http://doe.k12.hi.us/forms/OptOutMilRecruit.pdf

or

write your own request. A parent or legal guardian can do it too. Turn it into your school office by September 15.

2. Many high schools offer a voluntary Career Assessment Test called the ASVAB or Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery", designed by the military for military-type jobs. If you decide to take it, select option 8 on the test. Otherwise your name, birth date, gender, race/ethnicity, Social Security number, and test answers will be handed over directly to the military.

Remember: If you want to protect your privacy by withholding your personal information from military recruiters, get the military recruiting opt out form and select option 8 on the ASVAB.