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"
194-B:1 Definitions.
194-B:5 Chartered Public Schools; Authority and Duties of Board of Trustees.
We did not find information about caps on charter schools in New Hamshire statutes. However, Education Commission of the States states that New Hampshire does not have caps on charters.
"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. –
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.
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
"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."
"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.