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SCHOOL DISTRICT LETTERHEAD

(Date)

Dear Parent or Guardian:

This letter serves to inform you that your child

may

be eligible to participate in the

Opportunity

Scholarship Program

. This program was created to provide enhanced educational options to parents

whose children are assigned to a failing public school to choose a higher performing public school, or to

apply state generated funding toward private school tuition.

For the purpose of the Opportunity Scholarship Program, Section 1002.38, Florida Statutes, considers a

school as failing if it has received a failing grade twice in a consecutive four-year period.

If your child attends, or is assigned to, such a school that meets this requirement, he/she may be eligible for

the program and you may:

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Request a higher performing public school within your district;

or

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Receive a scholarship for your child to attend a participating private school.

To learn more about your child’s educational options, please contact your school district’s Parental Choice

Office at _____________________________. You may also contact the Department of Education’s,

Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice Information Hotline at 1-800-447-1636 or visit the

website at

http://www.opportunityschools.org

and select the

Opportunity Scholarship Program

option.

In order for a student to be eligible for all four payment periods, intent to participate in the

Opportunity Scholarship Program must be declared by July 1, 2005.

Again, this letter serves to notify you that your child

may

be eligible to participate in the Opportunity

Scholarship Program.

This letter does not guarantee your student’s eligibility.

Sincerely,

District School Superintendent’s Signature