About the Solomon Amendment
The Solomon Amendment is a federal law that requires institutions receiving certain federal agency funding to fulfill military recruitment requests for access to campus and for lists containing student recruiting information. It provides branches of the military access to certain student information, which would have been denied them under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Recruiters may receive student recruiting information for the previous, current, or future term.
The Solomon Amendment only applies to students, age 17 and older, currently enrolled in at least one credit hour. Based on the information military recruiters may request, along with the data elements the College collects, JCC can provide:
- Name
- Address
- Telephone
- Age or date of birth
- Level of education
- Academic major
- Degrees received
JCC is prohibited from providing the following per the Amendment and the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA):
- Social Security Numbers
- Race/ethnicity/nationality
- Grades, GPA, or QPA
- Loan status
- Veteran status
- Religious affiliation
- Students no longer enrolled
Student recruiting information may be requested once each semester to each of the 12 eligible units within the five branches of the service:
- Army: Army, Army Reserve, Army National Guard
- Navy: Navy, Navy Reserve
- Marine Corps: Marine Corps, Marine Corps Reserve
- Air Force: Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air Force National Guard
- Coast Guard: Coast Guard, Coast Guard Reserve
In addition, ROTC units from each branch may also request student recruiting information once each term.
Contact to request access
- To request student recruiting information: Tracy Kelly, registrar
- To request access to the Jamestown Campus or North County Center: Heather Gregory, director of Campus Life
- To request access to the Cattaraugus campus: Lisa Yohon, director of Campus Life