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🚀 How to Start Homeschooling in New Hampshire

The first steps for a New Hampshire family starting to homeschool: what to file, how to leave a public school, and where to find co-ops, classes and help — drawn from our New Hampshire guide and articles.

Before you buy

Use ClassWallet. The fastest routes are the ClassWallet Marketplace (Amazon and other retailers) and Direct Pay to an approved provider. Reimbursement is allowed but slower, and handwritten receipts are never accepted. Every order sits in a CSF approval queue, and one ineligible item gets the whole order rejected.
Nothing before your eligibility date. Purchases dated before the day CSF verified your application can't be paid with EFA funds.
Check the invoice. A provider's invoice must show the provider's name, the student's name, a description CSF can understand, the invoice or service dates, and the amount due per student, not per family.
Not covered (CSF's list isn't exhaustive): paying a parent, guardian or immediate family member to teach their own child; family or group memberships; streaming services; toys, LEGO and video games; furniture; food and kitchenware; clothing that isn't a required uniform; recreational gear; live animals and farm or homesteading supplies; trips, travel and rideshares; amusement parks, concerts and theater tickets; and preschool.
Refunds go back to the account. Providers must return any refund or overpayment to the student's EFA within 30 days. Money is never refunded, rebated or shared with a parent (RSA 194-F:2, IV).
Leaving the program. If your child enrolls full-time in your district school or a public charter school (including VLACS), or you move out of state, exit the student in ScholaVia right away. Otherwise you are liable for funds the child wasn't entitled to.
Questions about whether something is allowed go to nhapprovals@scholarshipfund.org. ClassWallet support is 877-969-5536 or help@classwallet.com. Rules and amounts change, so check CSF's current Parent Handbook before a big purchase.

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Homeschooling in New Hampshire: the basics

The law was rewritten in 2026. HB 1268, the "Home Education Freedom Act" (Chapter 297, Laws of 2026, signed July 10, 2026 and effective July 1, 2026), repealed and re-enacted RSA 193-A:1–5. It also repealed the record-keeping and annual evaluation section (193-A:6), the home education advisory council (193-A:10) and the section on school officials' authority (193-A:11), and directed the State Board of Education to repeal its home education rules (Ed 315). The law now calls home education a natural right of parents (193-A:2).
Compulsory attendance: children at least 6 and under 18 must attend school unless an exemption applies, and home education under RSA 193-A is one (RSA 193:1, I(b)). A child who turns 6 after September 30 doesn't have to start until the next school year (193:1, II).
No notice, in most cases. An optional declaration of home education (a signed statement with the child's name, date of birth and address saying the child is home educated and meets compulsory attendance) is required only to use public school programs under RSA 193:1-c or when you withdraw a child from a public school (193-A:1, III and 193-A:3). The statute doesn't say who receives the declaration when you withdraw, so ask the school what it needs and keep a copy.
No required evaluations or records. With 193-A:6 repealed, state law no longer requires a portfolio, an annual evaluation or kept records for home education. Dates and hours of instruction don't have to match the district calendar (193-A:4, III), and no state or school official may adopt or enforce a policy governing home educated students, except for the courses and programs in RSA 193:1-c (193-A:4, II). Many families still keep a portfolio for transcripts, college applications or a later switch to the EFA program.
Privacy: information a family gives a state agency or school district about its home education program is confidential and can't be shared without the parent's written consent (193-A:4, VI). Unless the child is counted in district attendance or takes the statewide assessment, home educated students aren't tracked in the state longitudinal data system (193-A:4, IV). Home education is presumed to be education required by law, so it can't be used, by itself, as evidence of neglect (193-A:4, V; RSA 169-C:3, XIX).
Ending a home education program: the program ends when the child enrolls full-time in a public school, public charter school or nonpublic school, or enrolls in the EFA program (193-A:4, VII). Returning students are placed under the receiving school's policies, so ask the district how it awards credit for home study.
Graduation: a parent can sign an optional certificate of completion with the child's name and date of birth, the parents' names and the completion date. If you send it to the commissioner of education, the commissioner must issue a state certificate of completion within 30 days (193-A:5). Documenting completion of a high-school-level home program by sending a certificate or letter to the Department of Education also ends compulsory attendance (RSA 193:1, I(f)(2)).
Support: the resident district superintendent must work with parents, on request, to meet the goals of their home education program (193-A:4, II).

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Official sources

First-year admission, including homeschooled students (University of New Hampshire)

Summarized from our New Hampshire guide (as of October 2026) and articles. Rules change — confirm on the official pages before you act.

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