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New Hampshire EFA for homeschool families

Education freedom account · New Hampshire · 2026-27 · checked Oct 12, 2026 against 6 sources · General information, not legal or financial advice.

Your New Hampshire EFA to-do

  1. Enroll in the program's own category
    Families can keep teaching at home, but legally the child becomes an "EFA student", not a home education student: the home education program under RSA 193-A ends, the family tells the prior participating agency, and CSF reports the child to the Department of Education instead. The parent still chooses the curriculum, covering the core knowledge domains.
  2. Complete and verify the 2026-27 application for a full grant
    By July 15, 2026 (CSF advises sending all documents by July 1). Applications stay open on a rolling basis through February for a prorated grant; the 12,500 cap applies to non-priority students.
  3. Upload the Record of Educational Attainment and reapply
    By July 15 every year, for returning students.
  4. Quarterly deposits
    About two weeks after the State releases funds in mid-September (20%), mid-November (20%), mid-January (30%) and mid-April (30%).

Print the receipt checklist

What a valid New Hampshire EFA receipt shows, and a log to fill in.

What New Hampshire EFA says

Education Freedom Accounts, run by Children's Scholarship Fund New Hampshire (CSF), for the State of New Hampshire.

Homeschoolers
Only by enrolling in the program's own category
Families can keep teaching at home, but legally the child becomes an "EFA student", not a home education student: the home education program under RSA 193-A ends, the family tells the prior participating agency, and CSF reports the child to the Department of Education instead. The parent still chooses the curriculum, covering the core knowledge domains.
Amount
WhoGradesPer year
Base grant (state adequacy aid)K-12$4,000
Approximate figure published by CSF (parent FAQ updated September 2025, still linked for 2026-27); the exact amount follows the state's base adequacy aid for the year. Differentiated aid adds about $700 to $2,000 for each factor: free or reduced lunch (income at or below 185% FPL), English learner, or a qualifying disability. Full grant only if the application is complete and verified by July 15; later applications are prorated. Paid 20% September, 20% November, 30% January, 30% April.
What you can spend on
  • Private school tuition and student fees
  • Online learning programs (non-public/private), tuition and fees
  • Tutoring
  • Public school classes, curricular and co-curricular programs and services
  • Textbooks, curriculum, or other materials required by the course, program, or lesson
  • Computer device
  • Technological services and devices
  • Educational software and applications
  • School uniforms
  • Fees for assessments and examinations and tuition and/or fees for preparatory courses for such exams
  • Education programs; tuition and fees
  • Career or technical school tuition, fees, instructional materials, and examination fees
  • Special education services and therapies
  • College, university, institution of higher education tuition and fees
  • Fee-for-service transportation provider, bus fee, to and from an education service provider
What a receipt must show
  • Provider receipts or invoices show: school/provider name, student name, description of the item or service, date of receipt or invoice and/or date of service, and the amount (paid or due) per pupil, not per family
  • Retailer receipts or invoices show: retailer or vendor name, date, description of the item or service, and the amount
  • Reimbursement receipts also show the date paid and amount paid
  • No hand-written receipts; cash payments to private sellers and purchases with coupons, gift cards, points or gifts are not reimbursed
  • Only receipts and invoices dated on or after the student's date of eligibility count
  • Every service provider, including for reimbursement, must be on CSF's approved provider list; a unique invoice number is preferred
  • CSF may ask for more documentation at any time
Where you submit
ClassWallet (applications in ScholaVia) · site
Both direct pay and reimbursement
Learning plan
Not required
Testing
Yes. A yearly Record of Educational Attainment, uploaded by July 15: a nationally standardized norm-referenced achievement test, the NH statewide assessment (both with math and ELA and/or reading scores), or a signed portfolio evaluation letter from a teacher (not the parent); a full-time school report card also counts. Without it, CSF releases no more funds.
Renewal
Yearly: reapply, sign the EFA Parent Agreement and submit the Record of Educational Attainment by July 15. Current EFA students are a priority group and are not subject to the cap. Unused funds roll over until the student leaves the program or graduates.
The 2026-27 cap is 12,500 students and was reached, with 943 eligible students on the waitlist; priority groups (current EFA students, siblings, children with disabilities, income at or below 350% FPL) are exempt from the cap. The cap rises to 15,625 in 2027-28.
Income limits no longer decide eligibility (eligibility expanded); income at or below 350% FPL now gives priority.
Spending caps include desktops or laptops $3,600, tablets $1,600 per item, digital electronic devices $800 per item and athletic equipment $500 per item.
A child enrolled more than 50% of the time in the resident public school or a public charter school (including VLACS) is not eligible.

Sources

General information, not legal or financial advice. Programs change their rules every year; check with Children's Scholarship Fund New Hampshire (CSF), for the State of New Hampshire before you spend. If something looks wrong, tell us.

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