H.R.551 : To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters if the student's parent provides written consent for the release, and for other purposes.
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 2/2/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Sponsor: Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] (introduced 2/2/2005) COSPONSORS(23), ALPHABETICAL
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 2/17/2005 Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 3/16/2005
Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] - 3/16/2005 Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 2/17/2005
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] - 3/16/2005 Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 3/16/2005
Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [OH-11] - 3/16/2005 Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 2/17/2005
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 2/17/2005 Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 2/17/2005
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 2/17/2005 Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 3/16/2005
Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. [GA-4] - 3/14/2005 Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-6] - 3/16/2005
Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 2/17/2005 Rep Oberstar, James L. [MN-8] - 3/16/2005
Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] - 3/16/2005 Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] - 3/16/2005
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 3/14/2005 Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 3/14/2005
Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] - 2/17/2005 Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] - 2/17/2005
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 3/14/2005

 

Student Privacy Protection Act of 2005 (Introduced in House)
 

HR 551 IH

 

109th CONGRESS

 

1st Session

H. R. 551

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters if the student's parent provides written consent for the release, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

February 2, 2005

 

Mr. HONDA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

 

A BILL

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters if the student's parent provides written consent for the release, and for other purposes.

 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 

    This Act may be cited as the `Student Privacy Protection Act of 2005'.

 

SEC. 2. ACCESS BY MILITARY RECRUITERS TO SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT INFORMATION.

 

    (a) Amendments- Section 9528 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7908) is amended--

 

      (1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (d) as subsections (b) through (e), respectively;

 

      (2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so redesignated) the following:

 

    `(a) Military Recruiters-

 

      `(1) ACCESS TO STUDENT RECRUITING INFORMATION- Notwithstanding section 503(c) of title 10, United States Code, each local educational agency receiving assistance under this Act shall provide, on a request made by military recruiters, access to the name, address, and telephone listing of each secondary student served by the agency if the parent of the student involved has provided written consent to the agency for the release of such information to military recruiters.

 

      `(2) NOTICE; OPPORTUNITY TO CONSENT- A local educational agency receiving assistance under this Act shall--

 

        `(A) notify the parent of each secondary school student served by the agency of the option to consent to the release of the student's name, address, and telephone listing to military recruiters; and

 

        `(B) give the parent an opportunity to provide such consent in writing.';

 

      (3) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated)--

 

        (A) by striking `Policy- ' and inserting `Institutions of Higher Education- '; and

 

        (B) in paragraph (1), by striking `military recruiters or'; and

 

      (4) by transferring paragraph (3) of subsection (b) (as so redesignated) from the end of such subsection to the end of subsection (a) (as added by paragraph (2)).

 

    (b) Application- The amendments made by this Act apply only with respect to school years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

 

 

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