School Choice

The program provides eligible families with the same amount the state pays per pupil to public school districts — about $4,500 — to pay for private school tuition or home school expenses.

Families who received state money through the Education Freedom Accounts program spent about $800,000 on purchases at Amazon.com and over $2 million on local parochial schools last year.

Lawmakers are considering over 100 bills this session that could have far-reaching consequences for K-12 education.

The lawsuit alleges that the state is unlawfully using funds earmarked for public schools to pay for its newest school choice program.

The department’s proposal would expand eligibility for more students to participate in the voucher-like program, though it falls short of some Republicans’ efforts to drop eligibility requirements entirely.

The program, which provides taxpayer dollars to families for non-public school costs, now has around 3,000 participants.

Launched in 2021, the program allows income-eligible parents to take state funds that would ordinarily follow their child to public school and use them for private school or home-schooling expenses.

The Croydon Village School is at the center of a battle over what public education should look like, who should pay for it and whether small town democracy is working as it’s meant to.

Republican lawmakers are hoping to expand a voucher-like school choice program they championed in 2021, but Democratic lawmakers want to limit or repeal it.

The organization running New Hampshire's “education freedom account” program, the Children’s Scholarship Fund, is officially partnering with a national company to oversee how it’s spent.