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2024 SESSION
24-2279.0
10/02
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to the use of education freedom account funds in religious schools.
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the use of education freedom account funds at religious schools or for religious education or training, and repeals provisions relating to independence of and legal proceedings concerning education freedom account providers.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2279.0
10/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to the use of education freedom account funds in religious schools.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Education Freedom Program; Higher Education. Amend RSA 194-F:2, I(m) to read as follows:
(m) Tuition and fees at an accredited institution of higher education.
2 Education Freedom Accounts; Program; Use of Funds. Amend RSA 194-F:2, III to read as follows:
III. The funds in an EFA may only be used for educational purposes in accordance with paragraph II, and shall not be used at a religious school or for a religious education or training.
3 Repeals. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 194-F:4, XVII, relative to disadvantaging education providers with religiously-based policies or practices.
II. RSA 194-F:7, II through V relative to independence of education service providers in the EFA program.
III. RSA 194-F:9, relative to legal proceedings.