Uncle Sam wants information on young men leaving high school. (Government spotlight: education information from schools, business, research and professional organizations).

It's official. U.S. military recruiters could demand high school students' names, numbers and addresses from school districts to then contact the students.

As part of No Child Left Behind, U.S. Rep. John Isakson (R-Georgia) succeeded in having an amendment that allows members of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines to get information from schools to contact and inform students of their chance to join the military. If districts don't comply, they would risk losing federal funds.

Isakson says some school districts nationwide had denied the military access to high school students on campus and many students didn't know they had options. "For some, the only hope of getting a college education is by serving in the military," Isakson says. "To deny our own military the same access as is given to colleges and universities, doesn't make any sense at all."

The Libertarian Party has launched a campaign to end draft registration, and members say the new law is like Big Brother. "Students have a right to be concerned that schools are turning their data over to the Selective Service because this would help facilitate the return of the draft and threaten more young lives," says George Getz, party spokesman. The Selective Service is part of the federal government that keeps track of male U.S. citizens and aliens in the U.S. 18 years or older in case of a draft. The national compliance rate is 87 percent.