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ALBERT H. QUIE GOVERNOR STATE OF MINNESOTA ()l~'lVlCg Ol~ TIlI£ GOVI~IINOR ST. PAUL June 13, 1980 The Honorable Thomas G. Gamec Mayor - City of Ramsey 15153 Nowthen Boulevard, Northwest Ramsey, Minnesota 55303 Dear Honorable Thomas G. Gamec: Thank you for your recent letter and attached resolution ~egarding Defense Department recruiting efforts. Recently, this office sent a letter to the superintendents of all the public schools of our state indicating the process that they would need to follow to make it legal to release information to the various branches of the military about the students in the public schools. The State Department of Education has also sent material to the principals of all of the secondary schools in the state. The 1979 Legislature passed a bill which stated that if a school district released information about students or allowed other recruiting agencies to come into the building to contact students, they must also allow the same privilege to recruit personnel from the various branches of the military. This office believes that the information about any type of career should be made available to students. Military service is a type of career, and the type~ of training which is available in the military, many times, makes it possible for a person to enter a civilian career once their military service period is terminated, This type of training can be very valuable to many people, and especially to students in our public high schools. Thank you for expressing your position regarding the patriotic responsibility in making information available to the students in our schools, especially the opportunities in the military service. We appreciate your willingness to sub- mit the letter and issues such as the one which you have sent to this office. GOVERNOR AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER