As NH's school voucher program expands, oversight committee hasn't met in a year

As New Hampshire’s education freedom account program swells past 10,000 student participants , legislative oversight has faltered.

A committee meant to monitor the EFA program’s performance has not met publicly in more than a year, records show, and it has failed to produce its required annual report by its Nov. 30 deadline.

The Education Freedom Savings Account Oversight Committee once met multiple times per year. But according to its public page , the last time it convened was Nov. 25, 2024, shortly before finalizing its 2024 report.

In a statement Thursday, Sen. Ruth Ward, a Stoddard Republican and the chairwoman of the committee, said the five-person committee had attempted to meet this year but failed to find a time for all members to convene — particularly those from the House