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10-Day Notice for Private School Placement Sample Letter


Published: Jan. 8, 2025Updated: Jan. 8, 2025

If you are withdrawing your child from public school to place in a private school and you plan to seek tuition reimbursement from the school district, you should provide a 10-day written notice to your child's public school that you are withdrawing them from enrollment.

Forgetting this step could up the odds of reimbursement being denied, and the district school can deny funding if you don’t share your concerns or intent to pull your child out of public school in advance. You can then file for due process. Learn more in our article Private School 101.

Make a copy of this Google doc to help you write your 10-day notice to the school, or you can reference the text below:

[Parent Name]
[Parent Street Address]
[Parent City, State, Zip Code]
[Parent Telephone Number]

[Date]

[Name of Principal or Special Education Administrator]
[Name of School]
[Street Address]
[City, State, Zip Code]

Re: [Child’s Name], [Child’s Date of Birth]; 10-day Letter Notice For Reimbursement

Dear [Principal’s or Administrator’s Name],

This letter will provide our required 10-day notice that we are placing our child at [Private School] for the [School Year] and will be seeking reimbursement from the district for all tuition and costs associated with such placement.

We are also requesting that an annual IEP meeting be held for our child for the [School Year]. Failure to hold an IEP meeting will be regarded as an illegal dismissal of [Child’s Name].

I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely, [Your name]

CC: [IEP team, principal, and other parties you feel are necessary]

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