Sample Letter #3: For parents who do not have children with special needs.

Date…

Your Address…

Name (Regent, or NYSED official, or legislator)

Title (New York Board of Regents, Commissioner of Education, New York State Senator, etc)

Address

Re: New York State Education Department’s Change of Approach to Treatment of Homeschooled Children with Special Needs

Dear Mr/Ms __________:

We are writing to express our great concern regarding the New York State Education Department’s recent change of approach to the treatment of homeschooled children with special needs that has eliminated special services for these children. Though we do not have any children with special needs, we are shocked that the State Education Department made this change without any warning and without public comment after 17+ years of successful application.

By denying these special services, the New York State Education Department will be causing irreparable damage to both these children and their families.

Homeschool families, thousands of us, pay school taxes, yet we get very little for our tax dollars. These families should be able to access these special services, be given a tax break to find those services privately, or be relieved of any regulations regarding their children.

I urge to use your power to reverse this unwise policy change and restore special services to homeschoolers who need them and want them.

Sincerely,