The No Child Left Behind Act made sure that public schools knew who was boss–the feds. The law requires that the military be given the same access to students as any other recruiters, including those from colleges. Schools that barred military recruitment on campus were threatened with loss of federal funding. A group of law schools, including Yale, tested the legal waters by banning military recruiters from campus, citing the Pentagon’s discrimination against homosexuals. In March, the Supreme Court surprised some civil libertarians by ruling that the federal government can indeed withhold funds from schools that ban recruiters.

Still, policies on military recruitment are being reviewed or toughened in a smattering of school districts around the country. And, surprisingly given Fort Worth’s military background and the Bush influence in Texas, this town is one of them. By giving its schools the ability to limit recruiters and by allowing peace groups to have equal access, the district has made a small statement that hasn’t escaped the military’s notice.
fwweekly.com

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