2019 -- H 5250 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Vella-Wilkinson, Millea, Corvese, O'Brien, and | |
Date Introduced: January 31, 2019 | |
Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | 1. Chapter 16-8 of the General Laws entitled "Federal Aid [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The |
2 | Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following |
3 | section: |
4 | 16-8-16. Access to secondary schools and information on students by military |
5 | recruiters. |
6 | (a) Each municipal or regional school department in this state that receives federal |
7 | assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965: H.R. 2362, 89th Cong., 1st |
8 | Sess., Public Law 89-10. Reports, Bills, Debate and Act. [Washington]: [U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], |
9 | 1965. Print. Referred to herein as"ESEA" shall: |
10 | (1) Provide military recruiters with the same access to secondary school students as they |
11 | provide generally to postsecondary educational institutions and/or to prospective employers for |
12 | recruitment purposes. |
13 | (2) Upon a request made by military recruiters for military recruiting purposes, provide |
14 | access to the names, addresses, and telephone listings of secondary school students. |
15 | (b) A municipal or regional school department in this state may not release a student's |
16 | name, address, and telephone listing under subsection (a)(2) of this section without the prior |
17 | written consent of a parent of the student if the student, or a parent of the student, has submitted a |
18 | request that the student's information not be released pursuant to ยง 8528 of ESEA. Each |
19 | municipal or regional school department shall notify parents of the rights referenced in this |
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1 | subsection. |
2 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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1 | This act would require the same access to high school students by military recruiters |
2 | enjoyed by other private recruiters to postsecondary institutions and/or to prospective employers. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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