This open letter suggests significant changes in the educational structure that state legislators can effect so that women will not be excluded from decision-making posts. Statistics are cited that indicate that a decreasing percentage of women hold positions in educational administration. In higher education, women hold an increasing percentage of instructorships but a decreasing percentage of full professorships. Policy changes are outlined in the areas of certification, school personnel, funding, curriculum, inservice training, appointment of women to policy-making boards, and state registries of educational personnel. (Author/MLF)