Forced Military Testing in America’s Schools

April 4th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

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The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, or ASVAB is the
military’s entrance exam that is given to fresh recruits to determine
their aptitude for various military occupations. The test is also used
as a recruiting tool in 12,000 high schools across the country. ~ Pat Elder

The 3
hour test is used by military to gain sensitive, personal information on
more than 660,000 high school students across the country every year,
the vast majority of whom are under the age of 18. Students typically
are given the test at school without parental knowledge or consent.

Federal laws strictly monitor the release of student information, but
the military manages to circumvent these laws with the administration
of the ASVAB. In fact, ASVAB test results are the only student
information that leaves U.S. schools without parent consent.

Military recruiting regulations specifically prohibit that the test from being made mandatory.

“Voluntary aspect of the student ASVAB: School and student
participation in the Student Testing Program is voluntary. DOD personnel
are prohibited from suggesting to school officials or any other
influential individual or group that the test be made mandatory.

Schools
will be encouraged to recommend most students participate in the ASVAB
Career Exploration Program. If the school requires all students of a
particular group or grade to test, the MEPS will support it.” (See Page 3-1 of USMEPCOM Reg. 601-4)

In roughly 11,000 high schools where the ASVAB is administered,
students are strongly encouraged to take the test for its alleged value
as a career exploration tool, but in more than 1,000 schools, according
to information received from the U.S. Military Entrance Processing
Command through a Freedom of Information Act request, tens of thousands
of students are required to take it.

Aside from managing to evade the constraints of federal law, the
military may also be violating many state laws on student privacy when
it administers the ASVAB in public high schools.

Students taking the
ASVAB are required to furnish their social security numbers for the
tests to be processed, even though many state laws specifically forbid
such information being released without parental consent.

In addition,
the ASVAB requires under-aged students to sign a privacy release
statement, a practice that may also be prohibited by many state laws.

A typical school announcement reads,

”All Juniors will report to
the cafeteria on Monday at 8:10 a.m. to take the Armed Services
Vocational Aptitude Battery. Whether you’re planning on college, a
technical school, or you’re just not sure yet, the ASVAB Career
Exploration Program can provide you with important information about
your skills, abilities and interests – and help put you on the right
course for a satisfying career!”

This announcement or one very similar to it greets
students in more than a thousand high schools across the country.
There’s no mention of the military or the primary purpose of the test,
which is to find leads for recruiters.

Students taking the ASVAB are required to furnish their social
security numbers for the tests to be processed, even though many state
laws specifically forbid such information being released without
parental consent.

In addition, the ASVAB requires under-aged students to
sign a privacy release statement, a practice that may also be
prohibited by many state laws.

Pat Elder – January 4, 2012 – posted at MediaFreedomFoundation

Source – CommonDreams

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