New Hampshire homeschool requirements

Homeschooling is legal in New Hampshire, but families must follow notice, subject, record, and annual evaluation requirements.

Medium: New Hampshire requires parents to begin with a notice to the commissioner of education, the resident district superintendent, or the principal of a participating approved nonpublic school within 5 business days of starting. Families must teach the listed subjects, keep a portfolio, preserve it for 2 years after instruction ends, and complete an annual educational evaluation through one of several allowed methods.

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Yes. A parent beginning home education, withdrawing a child from public school, or moving into a district must notify a participating authority. Notify: The New Hampshire commissioner of education, the resident district superintendent, or the principal of an approved nonpublic school that agrees to administer the law.. Deadline: Within 5 business days of commencing the home education program. If the program ends, written termination notice is due within 15 days. If the family moves after notifying a resident district superintendent, the parent must notify the former district and submit a new notice.

Science, Mathematics, Language, Government, History, Health, Reading, Writing, Spelling, The history of the constitutions of New Hampshire and the United States, An exposure to and appreciation of art and music

The reviewed New Hampshire sources do not state a specific statewide homeschool hour requirement.

Yes, but not always as a standardized test. New Hampshire requires an annual educational evaluation, which can be done through teacher review of the portfolio, a national student achievement test, the resident district's state assessment, or another mutually agreed valid measurement tool. Frequency: Annual evaluation each year.

Parents must maintain a portfolio including a log of reading materials by title and samples of writings, worksheets, workbooks, or creative materials used or developed by the child. The portfolio remains the parent's property and must be preserved for 2 years from the end of instruction. Parents must also keep a copy of the annual evaluation.

Parents direct the home education program themselves. A parent does not appear in the reviewed sources to need a teaching license to homeschool, although one evaluation option uses a certified teacher or a teacher currently teaching in a nonpublic school.

Moderate. Parents direct the program, but New Hampshire law specifies subject areas and requires yearly progress evaluation.