tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post1079652649524997054..comments2024-02-24T19:49:45.687-05:00Comments on Schools Matter: Update on NCLB and Military RecruitersJames Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-6044560572306008852009-05-27T18:20:13.796-04:002009-05-27T18:20:13.796-04:00This Huffington Post article was a terrific view o...This Huffington Post article was a terrific view of the odd crack in logic that allows the military to have such deep access to students in public schools. Yes, credit card debt is bad, but preying on underaged students to sign a military contract is much, much worse.<br /><br />Our organization, Washington Truth in Recruiting, has worked several years on a TISA (Truth in Solicitations Act) requiring oversight of outside solicitors in public high schools. http://watir.org/res/TISA_v8.txt<br /><br />Oversight of content and manner of solicitation is needed, due to the natural conflict of interest between solicitors and students. Counseling should not be privatized or outsourced to outside solicitors without oversight of the content!<br /><br />A TISA Act should establish broad principles and does not need to contain the word "military" or even "recruiters":<br /><br />(a) Truth in solicitations: No person shall make solicitations containing false or misleading statements to students in primary or secondary schools in (State), or omitting facts or information, when such omissions or misrepresentations would reasonably be considered material to a student's decision to accept or reject the solicitation.<br /><br />(b) For purposes of this section, "solicitation" means any verbal, written or media communication delivered to a student while on the premises of a public school for the purpose of marketing, building brand-awareness or image, indoctrinating, inducing or persuading the student to enter into any contract buying or selling any product or service, hiring or enlisting them in any job, occupation, career or ministry, or enrolling them in any educational program.<br />[...]<br />Please read the full version!<br />Kathy Barker<br />Seattle<br />(Where the high school career specialists have all been let go....)Kathy Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494073380462862330noreply@blogger.com