A year-round New Hampshire homeschool marketplace — curriculum, tutoring, therapy, STEM, arts and enrichment providers, plus a plain-English guide to Education Freedom Accounts and New Hampshire's rewritten home education law.
Overseen by: New Hampshire Department of Education (NHED), under RSA 194-F and the Ed 800 administrative rules. The money comes from the state Education Trust Fund (RSA 194-F:11).
Administered by: Children's Scholarship Fund New Hampshire (CSF), the scholarship organization that takes applications (on its ScholaVia portal), approves providers and reviews purchases. Families spend through ClassWallet: the ClassWallet Marketplace, Direct Pay to approved providers, or reimbursement with receipts.
Amount per student: The state per-pupil adequacy grant plus any differentiated aid the child qualifies for (RSA 194-F:2, I). NHED's 2025–26 rates: $4,265.64 base, plus
,392.92 for a household at or below 185% of the poverty line, ,184.84 for a student with a qualifying disability and $832.32 for an English learner. By law the rates rise 2% a year from July 1, 2026 (RSA 198:40-d); NHED's 2026–27 rate sheet couldn't be checked for this guide. CSF says the average grant was about $4,800 in 2025–26. Unused money rolls over until the student leaves the program or graduates.
Who is eligible: Any New Hampshire resident who could enroll in a public elementary or secondary school (K–12), at least 5 years old by September 30, with no income limit since SB 295 (2025). Not eligible: students enrolled full-time (more than 50% of instructional time) in their resident district school or a public charter school, including VLACS. The cap was 12,500 for 2026–27 and CSF's handbook says it rises to 15,625 for 2027–28. Priority groups are exempt from the cap.
Application window / next dates: Rolling. For the 2026–27 school year, an application completed and verified by July 15 gets a full-year grant, and families can apply through February for a prorated grant (CSF recommends sending documents by July 1). Returning families upload the Record of Educational Attainment by July 15. CSF had not posted 2027–28 application dates as of October 27, 2026.
Homeschool status: Homeschoolers can apply, but an EFA student is not legally home-educated. Joining the EFA program ends a home education program under RSA 193-A (RSA 194-F:2, IX), the EFA agreement satisfies compulsory attendance (RSA 194-F:3, IV), and the family must submit a yearly standardized test, state assessment or teacher-evaluated portfolio to CSF. Day to day, families can still teach at home and choose their own curriculum.
Tue, Nov 3, 2026 – Tue, May 18, 2027 · Hillsborough County 4-H STEM Learning Lab Goffstown · Hillsborough County Complex, 329 Mast Road Twice-monthly STEM enrichment (first and third Tuesdays, 6–7:30 p.m., November through May) for ages 8–18, with two-part monthly series such as Circuit Builders and Water Filtration with STEM.
Fri, Nov 13, 2026 · Storm Scholars Homeschool Series, Ages 6–10: Global Precipitation and Earth's Climate North Conway · Mount Washington Observatory Valley Headquarters, 2779 White Mountain Highway · $65 per student per session Monthly Storm Scholars session (9:30–11 a.m.) for ages 6–10: students use NASA data to build 3D bar graphs of precipitation patterns in their region and around the globe.
Fri, Nov 13, 2026 · Forest Builders Laconia · Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center ·
5/child with accompanying adult Children build fairy houses, shelters, and stick forts from sticks, leaves, pinecones, and bark, while exploring ways to stay warm in the woods. The program runs Fridays, 10:00 am-12:00 pm.
Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · 1863 Thanksgiving on the Farm Milton · New Hampshire Farm Museum Living-history day (10 a.m.–4 p.m.) with 19th-century holiday music, horse-drawn wagon rides, the blacksmith shop, open-hearth cider and a visit from Sarah Josepha Hale, the Newport native credited with inspiring the national Thanksgiving.
Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · 4-H Discovery Day with Keene State College: Pathways to Possibilities Keene · Keene State College Technology, Design, and Safety Center, 229 Main Street Day of hands-on workshop tracks (9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.) for youth ages 8–18 with Keene State, UVM Extension and UNH Extension 4-H: robotics, lasers and optics, archery, animal science, theater and career exploration.
Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · Family Day: Gingerbread House Workshop (Portsmouth Historical Society) Portsmouth · Portsmouth Historical Society, 10 Middle Street November Family Day (11 a.m.–2 p.m.) with a gingerbread house workshop, ahead of the Society's 36th Gingerbread Contest, which opens Nov. 27.
Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · Plymouth State University Open House (November) Plymouth · Plymouth State University, 17 High Street · Free Saturday open house, 9 a.m.–2 p.m.; PSU says students who visit before Feb. 6 can earn a one-time
,000 visit scholarship.
Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · Siege of Wolves: A Tamworth Legend at Remick Museum Tamworth · Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, 58 Cleveland Hill Rd Day program (10 a.m.–3 p.m.) on the anniversary of the Nov. 14, 1830 "Siege of Wolves," when some 600 townspeople surrounded a wolf pack on Marston Hill, held at the historic Remick farmstead.
20 for all six Book club for grades 1–5 (3:30–5:30 p.m.) on girls' lives in American history, with a period recipe, craft and game; remaining sessions are Nov. 17 (Seeking Freedom, 1864), Jan. 19 (Age of Industry, 1904), Feb. 16 (An Immigrant's Journey,…