Expansive School Choice Bill Passes New Hampshire House Committee, 10-9

The bill would provide "education freedom savings accounts" for parents to be able to get 95 percent of New Hampshire's per-pupil state grant of $3,636 to use for tuition to private schools (including religious schools), transportation or other costs for the school of the parents' choice, and homeschooling supplies. As currently drafted, it would apply to families with income at or below 300 percent of the federal poverty level, though it could also be used by special-education students who have a so-called individual education plan or by students who apply to a public charter school but couldn't get in.