(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), when the board of education of a school district allows persons or groups which make pupils and students aware of career or educational opportunities to have access to pupils and students or to names and addresses of pupils and students, the board shall allow official recruiting representatives of the military forces of this state or of the United States to have access on the same basis for the purpose of informing pupils and students of educational and career opportunities available in the military.

(b) A board of education shall not allow any person, group or military recruiter to have access to the name or address of any pupil or student if the student or the parent or guardian of the pupil files a written refusal to permit access to the name and address of the pupil or student. The refusal may apply to any one or more persons, groups or military recruiters or to all persons, groups and military recruiters.

(c) As used in this section:

(1) “Pupil” means any person who is regularly enrolled in a school district and who is less than 18 years of age.

(2) “School district” means a public school district organized under the laws of this state.

(3) “Student” means any person who is regularly enrolled in a school district and who is 18 or more years of age.