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Homeschooling in New Hampshire

What New Hampshire actually asks of a family teaching their own children. Written plainly, and honest where the answer is that nobody asks for anything.

United StatesFiling required

Who is in charge

A 'participating agency': the resident district superintendent, a nonpublic school principal, or the Commissioner of Education

Who actually reviews your child

No one reviews the evaluation. The participating agency only counts programs, reporting numbers to the Commissioner on 1 October.

What you must file

Notification of commencement of a home education program

Within 5 business days of commencing the program

Goes to: The chosen participating agency

Child's name, age and address plus a statement of intent. The agency acknowledges in writing within 14 days.

Annual evaluation

End of each program year

Goes to: KEPT BY THE PARENT, expressly not submitted to any authority

Portfolio review, an interview, or testing administered by the participating agency. RSA 193-A:6 II makes the record the property of the parent and student.

Portfolio

n/a

How often: continuous

Goes to: Kept at home

A log designating reading materials by title, plus samples of writings, worksheets, workbooks and creative materials for each year.

The part the paperwork does not cover

Filing on time is the easy half. The harder half is the year in between: showing what your child actually learned, in words the reviewer recognises, without turning your home into a school.

That is what this app is for. You say what your child did, in a sentence. It maps that to the real curriculum for New Hampshire and builds the record you can hand over the day someone asks. See how it works.

Start your record

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Not yet confirmed at the government's own source. The requirements above agree across the sources we could reach, but we have not read them on the authority's own page. Treat them as a guide and confirm before you file.
Last read at the source on 2026-08-11: education.nh.gov. That is the date we read it, not the date the rule last changed.
Check it yourself: the source we used.