Third Year Sample Request Letter

Here is a sample letter you can follow in making your request for Third Year Tuition Support. We recommend you have this letter in by March 1, 2007

February ??, 2007

Alan Lowe
Regional Education Officer
Halifax Regional School Board
Trade Mart Building
2021 Brunswick Street
Halifax, N.S.
B3J 2S9

Dear Mr. Lowe

I understand from section from B-5 of the Tuition Support Guidelines for 2007-08 that you will be notifying students who have completed their second year of the Tuition Support Program of the guidelines regarding the third year extension. We would like to make a formal request for a third year extension on behalf of our (daughter) (son)_________, who has completed two years of the Tuition Support Program.

We have attached (his-her) letter of acceptance at (School Name Here) for the 2007-08
school year.

Should you require anything else, we will be more than happy to gather it.

We look forward to your response.

Our address is:
John Doe
Street Address
City, N.S.
POSTAL CODE

Sincerely,

John Doe

Third Year Tuition Support Guidelines 2007-08

Parents who are seeking a third year of tuition support, the guidelines have been posted on the Department of Education's website. I had to hunt for it. It looks like the department of education will be contacting people who have already received two years of TSP with details on the extension directly by mail.

Our advice is to make a formal request for a third year in a letter and send it in to the Department of Education. In your letter ask for a response from the department indicating that they received your letter and request. Make sure you include your address and have the letter into the department by March 1, 2007 (same deadline as first and second year applications.

Below is the section on the third year extension:

B-5.
Possible extension for a third year. The Government has indicated that extensions for a third year will be available for eligible students. Final approval and guidelines for this particular category are not yet available and the deadline outlined below will not apply. Those students currently completing their second year will be individually contacted by mail when details become available.

The following is from the Tuition Support Guidelines 2007-08
You can find the guide by this link

http://www.ednet.ns.ca/tuition_support/info-forms.shtml

Support Tuition Support Petition

We have started a petition in support of the Nova Scotia PC Party's resolution C-1 which urges reform and an extention of the Tuition Support Program to P-12. EEANS supports this resolution and hopes that his petition will help it turn to a reality.
Please sign and ask others you know to sign as well.

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/support-tuition-support-program.html

Tory resolution in favour of expanded Tuition Support Program

Delegates to the 2007 Conservative policy convention, Timberlea-Prospects Juanita Cirtwill and Sherri LeBlanc Richards, put forth a motion in favour of expanding the Tuition Support Program beyond it's present three year limit. This is great news. This program is an important one for children who have learning disabilities in this province.

Whereas in 2004-2005 the Progressive Conservative government of Nova Scotia introduced the Tuition Support Program; and
Whereas this program allows children with special challenges who are not being effectively served by the public system to seek publicly subsidized private education; and
Whereas the program works, with achievement and satisfaction data collected from the current participants demonstrating that children who were failing in the public system are now succeeding, even thriving, under this approach;
Therefore Be It resolved that the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia is committed to expanding this program across the province, making it easier to qualify for the program, and permitting children to access the program for their entire k-12 education experience if necessary.

Tuition Support Third Year Funding Applications 07-08

As many of you know the tuition support program will be extended for a third year. EEANS met with Dr. Alan Lowe at the Department of Education last week and he told us that they will be posting information on their website soon. Our advice to parents seeking a third year is that they should be collecting and requesting the necessary documents from their school and submit a request for third year funding in the form of a cover letter. Use last years 06-07 form as a guide. To can be found at the Department of Education website and check back to download the 07-08 form.

***It is very important that you do not miss the March 1st Deadline for submission date.