Valley News

New Hampshire lawmakers charged with overseeing the state’s $50 million school voucher program are raising concerns about how the program tracks academic progress for the nearly 10,600 students enrolled. The Children’s Scholarship Fund New Hampshire, the private nonprofit running the state-funded Education Freedom Account program, says it does not require parents to demonstrate that their child is getting the educational supports needed to learn. That’s unlike public schools, which must monitor whether special education interventions are successful. The nonprofit also does not publicly report how its students are performing academically, unlike public schools, which must publicly report student performance on standardized tests.