New Hampshire homeschool checklist for this year
Answer two questions and get the year's deadlines with their dates, the notice, testing and records, each linked to the law. Print it or tick it off here.
- New Hampshire law
- This year's checklist
- Withdrawing from school
- ESA money
This is general information, not legal advice; check your state's own page. Laws change, and New Hampshire's own statute and education department are the final word. The links below go straight to them.
Deadlines, forms and amounts checked on against the sources linked on this page.
New Hampshire homeschool checklist, school year
Things to do, with their deadlines
Nothing dated for your answers. No declaration of home education is required, except to get access to public school programs under RSA 193:1-c or when withdrawing from a public school. A signed optional declaration gives the child's name, date of birth and address. This is the law as rewritten by 2026 chapter 297, effective July 1, 2026; sections 193-A:6, 193-A:10 and 193-A:11 of the old chapter were repealed that day.
All year
The chapter requires no records. It says the state may not use the lack of notice, records, evaluations or assessments as a failure to provide education. Anything a family sends to a state agency, district or government entity about its program is confidential and cannot be shared without the parent's written consent.
Source: RSA 193-A (Home Education), General Court of New Hampshire
Good habits (not in the law)
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Keep a copy of everything you send, and of any acknowledgement you get back, with the date.
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Start simple records on day one: the days you teach, the books you read and a few samples of work in each subject. They help if you move, return to school or apply to college.
Where this comes from
- RSA 193-A (Home Education), General Court of New Hampshire (the law)
- RSA 193:1 (compulsory attendance) (the law)
- RSA 193:1-c (access to public school programs) (the law)
- RSA 194-F (Education Freedom Accounts) (the law)
- Children's Scholarship Fund NH: EFA questions, September 2025 (PDF) (other)
- NH Department of Education: Education Freedom Accounts (state agency)
- NH Department of Education: EFA fact sheet, November 2025 (PDF) (state agency)
- Children's Scholarship Fund NH (EFA scholarship organization): apply (other)
- Children's Scholarship Fund NH: EFA parent handbook 2026 (PDF) (other)
Checked on October 29, 2026. This is general information, not legal advice. Laws and forms change; confirm a date with your school district or the state agency before you rely on it. For legal advice, ask a lawyer licensed in New Hampshire; homeschool legal-help organizations and your state's homeschool groups can also point you to help. Something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.