(Committee Helping Open Informed Choices in Education and Schools) a community network of volunteers concerned about the militarization of schools, college & life choicesMiliary Free Zone Mini-Documentary: w/ ANTI-FLAGIMPORTANT NEWS
The No Child Left Behind Act requires secondary schools to turnover names, phone numbers and addresses of all secondary school students (6th-12th grade) to military recruiters, or lose funding. However, students & parents have the right to keep their information private. But, students must inform their schools in writing to protect their privacy.
Do you want your private information going to the military? If not, take action!
1. Download and fill out the required information in the opt out form (see link below).
2. Cut off the form and return it to your school office.
3. Repeat each school year. Keep educated & inform friends & family.
www.afschawaii.org/choices/opt_out.pdf
JAMR Recruiting Database Opt-Out Form
The Pentagon's new database, known as the Joint Advertising and Market Research Recruiting Database, contains extensive information on 30 million young Americans between the ages of 16 to 25. The JAMR's database is updated daily with new records and includes such information as social security number, ethnicity, grade point average, areas of study, height, weight, postal and email address, selective service registration, and phone number (http://www.jamrs.org/).
The very existence of the database is an unlawful and unwarranted violation of privacy rights. It’s also a clear warning to every mother in America that the Department of Defense, desperate to fill boots on the ground in Iraq, is more than willing to circumvent the law to ensure that no youth is left un-recruited.
Any student 18 or older can elect to have their name and contact information removed from the Joint Advertising and Marketing Research Database that is being compiled by the Department of Defense. Parents may sign the JAMR database opt-out form for their minor children.
- To download and print a JAMR Database Opt-Out form for yourself, please, click here .
To download and print a JAMR Database Opt-Out form for a minor child, please click here .