Anon.Guest, I really don't know the factual origin, if any, of the statement "Where schools vote to ban military recruiters from the school and its 1,600 students, they can not sign on to the idea without losing at least $15 million in federal education funds." It is in the linked article, but without any validatable references. However, schools do request, and accept, Federal assistance, and this is not given without strings. For example, the stupid "No Child Left Behind" test is one of them and, for all I know, refusing to allow military recruiters in the school may be another. If they choose to refuse the strings, they are also choosing to refuse the money. This Federal club of not passing out federal funds without some kind of quid pro quo has also been used, among other things, to enforce the 21-year-old drinking age and school integration.