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🏀 Homeschool Sports & Activities in New Hampshire

Whether New Hampshire homeschool students can play public school sports and join activities and classes, and the rules that apply — from our New Hampshire guide.

Public school classes, sports, driver's licenses and special education

Public school classes and activities: home-educated, EFA, nonpublic and public charter school students can take curricular courses and cocurricular programs offered by the school district where they live, including the statewide assessment and the PSAT (RSA 193:1-c). Cocurricular includes clubs, athletics, performing groups and service. Each school board sets a policy, and it can't be stricter for these students than for the district's own students. A home-educated child with a disability (RSA 186-C:2) keeps this access until earning a diploma or turning 21. Home-educated families need the optional declaration of home education to use this access (RSA 193-A:3), and EFA families must tell the district the child is in the EFA program (RSA 194-F:2, IX).

Sports: under the NHIAA's 2026–27 bylaws (Article II, Sect. 13), a home-educated student can try out for teams at the public, charter or nonpublic member school in the district where the family lives. The parent sends a written request to the principal, the student meets the school board's policies and all NHIAA eligibility rules (age, semesters, scholastic standing), and the principal certifies eligibility to the NHIAA. The member school keeps a transcript of the student's academic record and reviews scholastic standing each marking period. A student can represent only one school a year. EFA students aren't legally home-educated, so ask the school and the NHIAA which section applies to your child.

Read the full section in our New Hampshire guide

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Official sources

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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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