New Hampshire

N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 194-B

"A chartered public school shall operate as a nonprofit secular organization under a charter granted by the state board and in conformance with this chapter."

A charter school can contract with for-profit entities:
"Any member of a chartered public school board of trustees who also serves as an employee, agent, or board member of any for-profit entity with whom the chartered public school contracts for goods or services shall make public disclosure of such fact and shall recuse oneself from any business the chartered public school may have with the for-profit entity."

194-B:1 Definitions

194-B:5.VII. Chartered Public Schools; Authority and Duties of Board of Trustees.

We did not find information about caps on charter schools in New Hampshire statutes. Education Commission of the States states that New Hampshire does not have caps on charters. Additionally, a New Hampshire policy expert stated that there is no cap on the number of charter schools in New Hampshire.

Education Commission of the States 50-State Comparison

"Pupils who reside in the school district in which the chartered public school is located shall be provided transportation to that school by the district on the same terms and conditions as provided for non-chartered public schools in the district and utilizing the same regular bus schedules and routes that are provided to pupils attending non-chartered public schools within that district."

194-B:2 Chartered Public Schools; Establishment; Parental Choice; Admission. – V.

"The teaching staff of a chartered public school shall consist of a minimum of 50 percent of teachers either New Hampshire certified or having at least 3 years of teaching experience."

194-B:14 Chartered Public Schools; Employees. –

New Hampshire statutes allow for both the Virtual Learning Academy Charter School and "online chartered public schools." "Online chartered public school" means a chartered public school which provides the majority of its classes and instruction on the Internet.

194-B:11.I(b)(1)(B): Chartered Public Schools; Funding.
194-B:11.I(b)(2): Chartered Public Schools; Funding.

Virtual charter schools in New Hampshire are chartered public schools, and like other public schools, they are required to maintain attendance records.

194-B:8 Chartered Public Schools; Requirements; Options.

We did not find information regarding virtual school teacher certification requirements in state statutes. However, a New Hampshire policy expert stated that online charter schools must follow charter school teacher certification requirements which requires 50% of teaching staff to hold a certification.

New Hampshire statute allows for the Town Tuitioning program: "If there is no public school for the child's grade in the resident district, the school board may assign the child to another public school in another school district or to any nonsectarian private school that has been approved as a school tuition program by the school board."

193:3 VI-VII

No educational expense tax credits or deductions found.

EdChoice School Choice in America

"A private school that receives tuition program students shall:
(b) Be a nonsectarian school"

193:3 VII(b)

"A private school that receives tuition students must:
(d) Administer an annual assessment in reading and language arts, mathematics, and science as defined in RSA 193-C:6 to tuition program students. The assessment may be any nationally recognized standardized assessment used to measure student academic achievement, shall be aligned to the school's academic standards, and shall satisfy the requirements of RSA 193-C:6 for school tuition program students."

193:3 VII(d)

"If the school enrolls 10 or more publicly-funded tuition program students and if the school's group assessment percentile score for tuition program students is less than the 40th percentile, the commissioner may require a site visit to determine if the school provides the opportunity for an adequate education in accordance with RSA 193-E:3-b. After the third consecutive year of a tuition program school being unable to demonstrate that it provides an opportunity for an adequate education, the school may be subject to revocation of tuition program status."

193:3 VII(d)

We did not find information regarding transportation requirements for private schools participating in voucher programs in New Hampshire statutes. However, a New Hampshire policy expert stated that these private schools are not required to provide transportation.

"Open enrollment public school" or "open enrollment school" means any public school which, in addition to providing educational services to pupils residing within its attendance area or district, chooses to accept pupils from other attendance areas within its district and from outside its district.

194-D:1(I) Definitions.

"For the purposes of open enrollment, neither the sending nor the receiving school district shall be obligated to provide transportation services for pupils attending an open enrollment school outside the pupil's resident district."

194-D:2(IX): Establishment; Parental Choice; Admission.