First, it's important to note that as a parent you are perfectly within your rights to refuse to let your children take this test; there is no legal consequences to you or your children by the state in doing so.

Your Rights Parents and guardians of 3rd-8th graders in New York State have the right to refuse to allow their children to participate in this testing with no adverse consequences to their child, their child's teachers, or their child's school.

Dear Principal Name, I wanted to let you know that my child, name, will not take part in the name the test this year. We ask that you make arrangements for him/her to have a productive educational experience during the testing period. Thank you for all you do.

Parents can write and submit a refusal letter to refuse their children from taking the NYS Assessments grades 3-8.

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Take a sample letter, and make it your own! To my mind, the best letters are: --specific in delineating what you are not allowing your child to do.The letters below are merely guides; there is no "official" opt out letter. Feel free to customize them for yourself or your school community. ENGLISH The (NAME OF SCHOOL) district offers students alternatives to animal dissection should their parents wish their child to abstain from these activities. Please send your check, payable to XYZ PTO, along with the form below, in an envelope marked "XYZ PTO OptOut Program". The School Climate Survey is an anonymous survey used to identify school climate issues within our school. If you do not want your student to participate in comprehensive sexual health or HIV prevention education, please fill out the attached.

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