Homeschool requirements · New Hampshire
Homeschooling in New Hampshire
No filings · Nothing to send; keep records for yourself and for college.
Since July 2026 New Hampshire asks for no notice, no evaluation and no records. A short declaration goes to the district only if you are taking a child out of a public school, or you want to use public school programs.
What New Hampshire asks
| Notice | None in most cases. A declaration of home education is needed only when withdrawing a child from a public school, or to access public school programs under RSA 193:1-c. |
|---|---|
| Days and hours | New Hampshire sets no number. HomeSchool Scribe plans against 180 days unless you change it. |
| Subjects | Not specified |
| Assessment | None required. |
| Records to keep | None required. Many families keep a portfolio and a yearly evaluation anyway, as their own account of the year rather than anyone else's. |
| Parent qualification | None. |
| Worth knowing | The Home Education Freedom Act (HB 1268, Chapter 297) rewrote RSA 193-A in July 2026. It repealed the recordkeeping and evaluation section, removed the required subject list, and made the declaration optional. 180 days is a planning default only. |
Deadlines
These are the dates the app tracks for New Hampshire. Districts vary; the app lets you edit any of them.
| What | When | To whom | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nothing to file: keep your own records Records · Keep in your files | By the end of the school year | Keep in your files | Since the Home Education Freedom Act took effect on July 1, 2026, New Hampshire asks for no notice, no evaluation, no portfolio and no records. RSA 193-A:6, the recordkeeping and evaluation section, was repealed along with RSA 193-A:10 and :11, and the declaration of home education became optional. The Department of Education says notifications for starting or ending a program are no longer required and that it will not accept, keep or acknowledge them. A declaration still comes up in two situations, withdrawing a child from a public school and using public school courses or activities under RSA 193:1-c; the statute names no recipient and sets no deadline for it, and local school boards write their own policy for RSA 193:1-c participation, so the school or district involved is the one to ask. New Hampshire sets no deadline for any of this, so no reminders are set. Families often keep attendance, a course of study and a transcript anyway: the state issues no diploma, a home educated student self-certifies high school completion for federal student aid, and a New Hampshire public school principal reviews a transferring student's prior work before awarding credit. A parent may also sign an optional certificate of completion, and the commissioner issues one within 30 days if it is sent in. |
What HomeSchool Scribe does in New Hampshire
- Nothing to file: keep your own records: Prepares the attendance and hours report, the course of study and the transcript; keeps it in records.
Attendance and hours fill in from the lessons you check off, so the documents above come from records you already have.
Read the law yourself
New Hampshire Department of Education · HSLDA’s New Hampshire summary
Not legal advicePlanning summaries in plain language, reviewed 2026-09-29. Deadlines and recipients vary by district; confirm with New Hampshire’s current law or a homeschool legal organization before you file anything. If something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it for every family in New Hampshire.