1Requiring school entities to provide a list of secondary school
2students' names, addresses and telephone listings when
3requested by military recruiters.

4The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5hereby enacts as follows:

6Section 1.  Short title.

7This act shall be known and may be cited as the Military
8Access to Student Recruiting Information Act.

9Section 2.  Definitions.

10The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
11have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
12context clearly indicates otherwise:

13"School entity." An area vocational-technical school, a
14charter school, a cyber charter school, an intermediate unit or
15a school district. This term shall include licensed private or
16nonpublic schools.

17"Secondary school student." A male or female student in his
18or her junior or senior year at a school entity.

1Section 3.  Access to student recruiting information.

2(a)  General rule.--Subject to the limitations of subsection
3(b), upon request from military recruiters, a school entity
4shall make available the same access to secondary school
5students as is available to institutions of higher education and
6trade schools. Access shall include a list of each secondary
7school student's name, address and telephone listings.

8(b)  Notification.--Prior to the end of a student's sophomore
9year, each school entity shall notify students in writing of the
10requirements imposed by subsection (a). Each student shall be
11given at least 21 calendar days to request to the school entity
12in writing in the manner specified by the school in the
13notification exclusion of the student's name, address and
14telephone listing described in subsection (a). The school entity
15shall comply with each request.

16(c)  Exception.--The requirements of this section do not
17apply to a licensed private or nonpublic school that maintains a
18religious objection to service in the armed forces if the
19objection is verifiable through the corporate or other
20organizational documents or materials of that school.

21Section 4.  Penalties.

22A person who violates this act commits a summary offense and
23shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $100. Each
24day that a person violates this act shall constitute a separate
25offense.

26Section 5.  Reimbursement of costs.

27Any costs incurred by school entities in complying with this
28act shall be reimbursed by armed forces recruiters upon written
29documentation of expenses.

30Section 6.  Repeals.

1Repeals are as follows:

2(1)  The General Assembly declares that the repeal under
3paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate this act.

4(2)  The act of June 27, 1991 (P.L.70, No.10), entitled "An
5act requiring the superintendent of every public school district
6to make available, upon request, lists of graduating seniors to
7armed forces recruiters; and providing a penalty for the misuse
8of any such lists," is repealed.

9Section 7.  Effective date.

10This act shall take effect immediately.