Hope Green has two children in school, she told ABC News "the last thing they need is the school to now step in. You're too skinny, you're too fat," she said.

But parents are afraid the letters will put more pressure on kids, many of which are already preoccupied with their body image.

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Rebecca Ramage-Tuttle, assistant director of the Statewide Independent Living Council of Georgia, says the the DOE rule change is “a slippery slope” for civil rights. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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