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2023 SESSION
23-0200.0
10/05
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to eligibility of students in the education freedom account program.
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ANALYSIS
This bill increases the household income level based on the federal poverty guidelines for the eligibility of students to participate in the education freedom account program.
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23-0200.0
10/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to eligibility of students in the education freedom account program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Education Freedom Accounts; Eligible Students; Federal Poverty Guidelines. Amend RSA 194-F:1, VI to read as follows:
VI. "Eligible student" means a resident of this state who is eligible to enroll in a public elementary or secondary school and whose annual household income at the time the student applies for the program is less than or equal to [300] 500 percent of the federal poverty guidelines as updated annually in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services under 42 U.S.C. section 9902(2). No income threshold need be met in subsequent years, provided the student otherwise qualifies. Students in the special school district within the department of corrections established in RSA 194:60 shall not be eligible students.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.