11/4/2006 - USA TODAY
Judy Keen -
So his parents signed a form that prevents the school from giving his contact information to recruiters. A provision of the No Child Left Behind law requires high schools to share students' names, phone numbers and addresses with military recruiters unless students or their parents choose to opt out.
Recruiters still come to school, he says, and "try to act all friendly." Berman, 18, doesn't buy their pitches about career and educational opportunities. "It's ridiculous," he says. "They're trying to bribe you to enlist."
Pentagon officials say recruiters just want the same information that goes to colleges and companies to make career pitches to students.
If Berman's parents had not signed the form, the school would be required to share his contact information with military recruiters under the 2001 law.