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HB1521 • 2026

clarifying the definition of home education.

clarifying the definition of home education.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Katy Peternel (R), Margaret Drye (R), James Thibault (R), Cindy Bennett (R), Jason Osborne (R), Victoria Sullivan (R), Claudine Burnham (R), Paul Terry (R)
Last action
2026-03-11
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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clarifying the definition of home education.

clarifying the definition of home education.

What This Bill Does

  • clarifying the definition of home education.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-11 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 20

  2. 2026-03-04 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/02/2026 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 10 P. 13

  3. 2026-02-27 H

    Executive Session: 03/02/2026 09:30 am GP 232

  4. 2026-01-28 H

    Public Hearing: 02/04/2026 10:30 am GP 232

  5. 2025-12-10 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 1 P. 24

Official Summary Text

clarifying the definition of home education.

Current Bill Text

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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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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.