72-5399. Career and educational opportunities; accessibility to pupils and students by persons, groups, military recruiters.

72-5399

Chapter 72.--SCHOOLS
Article 53.--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

      72-5399.   Career and educational opportunities; accessibility to pupilsand students by persons, groups, military recruiters.(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), when the board of educationof a school district allows persons or groups which make pupils and studentsaware of career or educational opportunities to have access to pupils andstudents or to names and addresses of pupils and students, the board shallallow official recruiting representatives of the military forces of thisstate or of the United States to have access on the same basis for the purposeof informing pupils and students of educational and career opportunitiesavailable in the military.

      (b)   A board of education shall not allow any person, group or militaryrecruiter to have access to the name or address of any pupil or studentif the student or the parent or guardian of the pupil files a written refusalto permit access to the name and address of the pupil or student. The refusalmay apply to any one or more persons, groups or military recruiters or toall persons, groups and military recruiters.

      (c)   As used in this section:

      (1)   "Pupil" means any person who is regularly enrolled in a school districtand who is less than 18 years of age.

      (2)   "School district" means a public school district organized under thelaws of this state.

      (3)   "Student" means any person who is regularly enrolled in a schooldistrict and who is 18 or more years of age.

      History:   L. 1982, ch. 289, § 1; July 1.