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{Deuteronomy 6:6-7}

These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

MHSA CALENDAR Form Letter_withdrawing from Public school letter

Date:

 

To Mr./Miss/Mrs, {name of superintendent of schools};

 The purpose of this letter is to inform you that our son/daughter, {full name of child} ,will no longer be attending the {name of school system…example: Dunellen Public School System}, effective immediately, for the {school year….example: 2011-2012} school year beginning {identify the date the withdrawal takes effect…example: this month, September 2011}. We have arranged for the education of our son/daughter in another location in full compliance with the State of {name of state:New Jersey} laws and regulations; specifically referencing  {example -N.J. Stat. Ann. § 18A:38-25 

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

 

Sincerely,

_________________{parents’ names/signatures}

{If you anticipate or experience resistance or confrontation from school officials, the section below may be added as an addendum  to answer the officials concerns or objections in a respectful but very firm way: copies of your state’s regulations are easily found at   www.hslda.org  }

 

 P.S. - For your convenience and your notification, some of the appropriate and pertinent laws are referenced below:

                                 {provide specific regulations  - according to YOUR state – below}

 

N.J. Stat. Ann. § 18A:38-25  The child must attend a public school “or a day school in which there is given instruction equivalent to that provided in the public schools for children of similar grades … or receive equivalent instruction elsewhere than at school.”

    

It is clear from the New Jersey courts that “parents have a constitutional right to choose the type and character of education they feel is best suited for their children, be it secular or sectarian.” West Morris Board of Education v. Sills, 110 N.J. Super. 234, 265 A.2d 162 (N.J. Super. Ct. Ch. Div. 1970).

 

Compulsory Attendance Ages: “between the ages of six and 16 years.” New Jersey Statutes Annotated

§ 18A:38-25.

Required Days of Instruction: None required. Public schools must remain open for instruction for at

least 180 days each school year. (Atty. Gen. F.O. 1975, No. 19)

Required Subjects: NJ statutes do not speak in terms of required subjects, but required instruction. Children must receive instruction “academically equivalent” to public school.

[NJ ANN. STAT. 18A:38-25] and states any questions must be in writing

 

Based on State v. Massa, 95 N.J. Super. 382, 231 A.2d 252 (Morris County Ct. Law Div. 1967) The Massa case interpreted “equivalent” as requiring only a showing of academic equivalency, not equivalency of social development derived from group education. Massa, 231 A.2d at 25

 

N.J. regulations generally require public school students to have the following subjects in grades 9-12 to obtain a public school-issued diploma: language arts (4 years); math (3 years); science (3 years); world history (1 year); civics, or U.S. and N.J. history (2 years); health-safety-physical education (2.5 hrs per week, all 4 years); financial-economic business-entrepreneurial (1 semester); visual-performing arts (1 year); foreign language (1 year, or show proficiency); career-technical-vocational (1 year); and  “technological literacy,” civics, economics, geography and “global content” (not as separate subjects, but “integrated” throughout).

Also for comparison purposes, the GED tests reading, writing, social studies, science, and math, and a state-issued diploma can be obtained by a passing score

 

 

 

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