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Sample Letter of Assurance

The following is a sample letter of assurance to send to your school district in response to requests for information.

1. Provide the appropriate information in areas in [brackets].

2. Send the letter certified mail, return receipt requested, through the post office. Keep a copy of the letter and the post office receipt for your records to document your correspondence. 

3. Also, send copies of the letter to us (THSC, P.O. Box 6747, Lubbock, TX 79493), the school superintendent, and a local support group through regular mail.

4. If someone from the public school contacts you after you send the letter and tells you that you need to come in to the school office, fill out the school's withdrawal forms, or show them your curriculum, respond by saying that you will be happy to comply with their request if they will submit it to you in writing.  Then call our office at (806) 744-4441 and let us know for what you are being asked, and we will tell you how to respond.

[Your Address]

[Your City, State Zip]

[Date]

[Name of Person from School District Who Contacted You]

[School Name]

[Address]

[City, State Zip]

Dear Mr(s). [Name of Person from School District Who Contacted You]:

I am writing in response to your inquiry about our home school.

This letter is to assure you that we have a curriculum which meets the basic educational goals of reading, spelling, grammar, math and a course in good citizenship, and we are pursuing it in a bona fide manner.

If you have further questions, please submit them to me in writing at the above address.

Sincerely,

 [Your Name]

CC:  Texas Home School Coalition Association

       [Superintendent], [School District Name] ISD

       [Local Support Group]