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⚖️ New Hampshire Homeschool Laws & Requirements

What New Hampshire law asks of homeschool families — notice or registration, school days and subjects, testing, records and diplomas — summarized from our New Hampshire guide with links to the official sources.

How Education Freedom Accounts work for homeschool families

The legal change for homeschoolers: since July 1, 2026, RSA 193-A says a "home educated student" does not include a student in the EFA program, and a home education program ends when the child enrolls in the EFA program (RSA 193-A:1, IV and 193-A:4, VII). The signed EFA agreement satisfies the compulsory attendance law (RSA 194-F:3, IV), and CSF reports the child to the Department of Education as an EFA participant. You no longer report to a former participating agency for home education. If your child takes classes or activities at the local public school under RSA 193:1-c, you must tell the resident district that the child is now in the EFA program (RSA 194-F:2, IX).

The yearly Record of Educational Attainment: each year, before CSF will keep funding a returning student, you upload one of three records by July 15 (RSA 194-F:3, III(d)(3); CSF Parent Handbook). (1) Results of a nationally standardized, norm-referenced achievement test, such as the California Achievement Test, NWEA MAP, CLT, ERB Milestone or CTP, Iowa, PSAT, SAT, Stanford or TerraNova, with math and ELA or reading scores. (2) New Hampshire's statewide assessment. (3) A signed letter from a teacher who evaluated the child's portfolio of work from the current school year. The evaluator must be a certified teacher or a teacher currently teaching in a nonpublic school, chosen by you. A parent can't evaluate their own child, even if certified. The letter gives the teacher's name and address with proof of certification (or the nonpublic school's name and address), the evaluation dates, a description of the work reviewed, a summary ending with a statement that the child has or has not made educational progress, and the teacher's signature. Families of full-time students at an out-of-district public school or a nonpublic school can use a report card instead. If the record isn't in by July 15, CSF releases no more funds until it is.

Read the full section in our New Hampshire guide

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).

Read the full section in our New Hampshire guide

Official sources

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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