New Hampshire Lawmakers Call for Clarity in EFA Program 

Five years into New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling for more clarity and oversight on how the state’s school voucher-style funds are spent. The EFA is a state program that provides families with education grants to spend on private school tuition, homeschooling, tutoring, or other educational supplies. The New Hampshire Bulletin reports that the push is a response to significant growth in the program, with enrollment nearly doubling from 5,765 students in 2024-2025 to 10,510 in 2025-2026 after a 2025 law removed income limits. Democrats and Republicans have been historically divided on this issue, arguing whether the funding should be used to strengthen the public school system or encourage families to find alternatives. A bipartisan letter to the State Board of Education called for clearer rules on permissible expenses and twice-annual audits to ensure EFA funds are not going to students enrolled in public schools, but the board rejected the request on technical grounds.