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Maryland First State to Require Parent Consent to Military Test



The armed forces have been accused in the past of using the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test as a backdoor access to young people without their parents' consent.
The armed forces have been accused in the past of using the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test as a backdoor access to young people without their parents’ consent.
Maryland has ban public high schools around the state from automatically providing military recruiters with test scores and detailed information about students without their parents' consent.

The ruling by Maryland's Legislature makes it the first state to require parents' approval before a student can take the widely used Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) test. The military uses the test results to identify potential recruits.

The armed forces have been accused in the past of using the test as a backdoor access to young people and bypassing their parents.



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