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Dear [Mr/Ms Politician],

Congratulations on your [re]election to the [Senate or House of Representatives]!

As a homeschooling family, we’d like to thank you for your public service and to welcome you [back] to Washington,DC.

Sometime in the course of your career in the [Senate or House of Representatives], you will no doubt hear legislation presented on behalf of "American homeschoolers." I'd like to take this opportunity to let you know that we are a diverse group, representing all religious beliefs, races and ethnic groups, and economic levels. We range across the political spectrum. Not all legislation claiming to be helpful to homeschoolers is what it seems, and in fact homeschooling legislation should not be considered at the federal level at all!

As a homeschooling parent, I have found that just as I have become local expert concerning my child, I recognize that no one bit of legislation, at any level, can meet the needs of all the kinds of families there are in the United States and I don't want something added that further regulates my family. The U.S. Constitution already provides freedoms as parents, citizens and homeschoolers and there really is no need to add anything that narrows rights already provided.

If you hear someone claiming to speak for all homeschoolers, please keep in mind that they may not have asked me what I think, and that I have not asked them to speak for me. No one group represents homeschoolers, so please do not take the advisement of any particular homeschooling organization regarding legislative matters, especially as it relates to federal legislation.

My advice and sincere request to you is that if you have homeschooling language, or a homeschool issue before you, please reject it because homeschoolers do not receive federal monies and are also not subject to federal regulation according to the US Constitution. Any issues that homeschoolers face should be dealt with in their own state legislatures, not in Washington, DC.

Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Kids should sign their own names - it's endearing from the little ones, and empowering for older kids.]