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Projected State Costs of Universal New Hampshire EFAs in Years 1 & 2
New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account (EFA) program is restricted to families that make no more than 350% of the federal poverty level. (That’s $90,370 for a family of three and $112,525 for a family of four.) Republicans in the state Legislature have proposed removing the income cap and allowing all students to participate in the program. Opponents of expansion have incorrectly asserted that taking EFAs universal would cost the state more than $100 million in Year 1. But to reach that number, they included thousands of ineligible pre-school students, out-of-state students and current EFA students. They also assumed without evidence that every eligible student would take an EFA. No school choice program in the country has a 100% take-up rate among eligible students outside the public school system, and no program has a take-up rate that’s even in the same ballpark.
This report was prepared by the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy and EdChoice.
New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account (EFA) program is restricted to families that make no more than 350% of the federal poverty level. (That’s $90,370 for a family of three and $112,525 for a family of four.) Republicans in the state Legislature have proposed removing the income cap and allowing all students to participate in the program. Opponents of expansion have incorrectly asserted that taking EFAs universal would cost the state more than $100 million in Year 1. But to reach that number, they included thousands of ineligible pre-school students, out-of-state students and current EFA students. They also assumed without evidence that every eligible student would take an EFA. No school choice program in the country has a 100% take-up rate among eligible students outside the public school system, and no program has a take-up rate that’s even in the same ballpark.
This report was prepared by the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy and EdChoice.