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What is the Education Freedom Account program?
The Education Freedom Account (EFA) program was launched in school year 2021-2022. It provides per-pupil education adequacy grants directly to families to use for their choice of educational programming for their school age children.
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Information about the EFA program, including eligibility and application guidelines, may be found at the NH Department of Education's website. |
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EFA Students and Public School Districts
Students who are participating in the EFA program CANNOT enroll full time in their resident district or other regular district of attendance.
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Students MAY return to their resident district or regular district of attendance for a few classes, if the district agrees. In such cases, the district may charge tuition directly from the family.
EFA students MAY enroll full time in districts other than their resident district or regular district of attendance, provided the district agrees. The district may charge tuition directly from the family.
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EFA students are NOT eligible for adequacy aid, and must be reported as parent paid when enrolled in a public school district, even if the district chooses not to charge tuition. |
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Reporting EFA students enrolled in the public school
1) EFA Students attending school in their resident
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REMINDER - EFA students CANNOT enroll full time in their resident district or regular district of attendance. Part-time enrollments are permitted. |
If an active EFA student is taking classes in a public school in their resident district or regular district of attendance, they should be reported as follows:
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If a student withdraws from the EFA program and re-enters the district as a traditional full time student, the district should exit the student from their enrollment status 10 record and re-enter them as a regular district student.
2) EFA Students attending school in a district OTHER than their resident district
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EFA students may attend a public school in a district OTHER than their resident district or regular district of attendance, provided the attending district agrees, on either a part-time or full time basis.
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Town of responsibility: 990
District of responsibility: 930
Full Day Percentage: Full day percentage is only required for a full time EFA student if the student is in Kindergarten.
The EFA program does not cover preschool
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Overlapping enrollments between the EFA program and the public school district
Since EFA participants may enroll in public school, it is not unusual to see overlapping enrollment records between the EFA program and the public school district. Some of these overlaps may be dismissed, but others require follow-up.
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EFA students who return to their resident district or regular district of attendance for one or two courses may do so if the district agrees, but students may NOT enroll full time in their resident district or regular district of attendance.
See the instructions earlier in this article (“Reporting EFA students enrolled in the public school”) to determine how to report part-time EFA enrollments
EFA students who are enrolled FULL TIME in their resident district or regular district of attendance must withdraw from one or the other. Districts should provide a list of such students to the EFA program for follow-up. It will be up to the family if they prefer to remain enrolled in the district as a traditional student, or withdraw from the district to continue in the EFA program.
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If the student is enrolled in the district and is NOT a resident of the district, and the district would not be the student’s regular district of attendance if they were not in the EFA program, the district should report the student per the instructions earlier in this article (“Reporting EFA students enrolled in the public school”)
These overlaps are considered explained anomalies, provided the students have been reported correctly by both the district and the EFA program, and may be disregarded in any overlapping anomaly reports
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BOY EXCEPTION:In the BOY, if the EFA program has an entry date LATER than October 1, and the district has not reported an exit date for the student, the district may disregard that overlapping anomaly. HOWEVER, the district should be aware that the student’s family has expressed interest in the EFA program and the student may withdraw end up withdrawing from the district to enroll in the EFA program. This exception applies ONLY to the BOY. |
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