Revision: Dec. 10, 2025, 9:09 a.m.
HB 1521 - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-2376
12/09
HOUSE BILL 1521
AN ACT clarifying the definition of home education.
SPONSORS: Rep. Peternel, Carr. 6; Rep. Bennett, Rock. 4; Rep. Burnham, Straf. 2; Rep. Drye, Sull. 7; Rep. Osborne, Rock. 2; Rep. Terry, Belk. 7; Rep. Thibault, Merr. 25; Sen. Sullivan, Dist 18
COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill exempts students receiving funding from education freedom accounts from the definition of a home education.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2376
12/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT clarifying the definition of home education.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Home Education; Education Freedom Accounts. Amend RSA 193-A:4, I to read as follows:
I. Instruction shall be deemed home education if it consists of instruction in science, mathematics, language, government, history, health, reading, writing, spelling, the history of the constitutions of New Hampshire and the United States, and an exposure to and appreciation of art and music. Home education shall be provided, coordinated, or directed by a parent for his or her own child. A child receiving an education freedom account pursuant to RSA 194-F shall not be considered home educated under this chapter.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.