Homeschool benefits: Concord School District
Concord Regional Technical Center (CRTC) offers its career and technical education programs at no cost to homeschooled students in grades 10-12 who live in its 30-town region. Admission is competitive: applications open February 1, with a suggested deadline of February 20.
Who qualifies
Lives in a participating town
The towns are Allenstown, Andover, Boscawen, Bow, Bradford, Chichester, Concord, Deerfield, Deering, Dunbarton, Epsom, Henniker, Hillsboro, Hooksett, Hopkinton, Loudon, Newbury, New London, Pembroke, Penacook, Pittsfield, Salisbury, Springfield, Sutton, Warner, Washington, Weare, Webster, Wilmot, and Windsor.
Is homeschooled in grades 10-12
CRTC serves about 750 tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders, and its programs are free to public, private, homeschooled, and public charter school students in the region.
Wins a program seat
Each program has a limited number of seats, and applicants usually outnumber them.
What it costs your family
CRTC's sending schools and college credit pages list these costs for students in the region.
- CRTC program
- Free
- Early College at Your High School course
- $150
- Community college course on campus
- Half tuition
- Up to two college courses a year by scholarship
- Tuition free
The dual and concurrent enrollment scholarships cover tuition only, so books and course materials can still cost extra, and CRTC says families may pay some expenses such as transportation.
How to apply
- Fall and winter
Send an interest form
Fill out CRTC's online interest form. CRTC notes that the interest form is not the application.
- January 28, 6 p.m.
Attend the open house
The open house is held at Concord High School.
- February 3 and 4
Try Program Preview Days
Students from sending schools sign up through their school for preview days, so ask the CRTC office how your homeschooled student can join.
- February 1 to 20
Apply
Applications open February 1 and CRTC suggests submitting by February 20.
What it pays for
Covered
- CRTC career and technical programs
- College credit in many programs at little or no cost
Not covered
- Books and course materials for college courses
- Transportation, which families may have to pay
Who to contact
The CRTC office at 170 Warren Street, Concord, answers admissions questions and can explain how a homeschooled student applies without a sending school counselor.
concordinfo@sau8.org 603-717-7654 Admissions page
Homeschool rules and statewide help in New Hampshire
Since July 1, 2026, a declaration is optional except upon public-school withdrawal or to obtain public-school program access. The declaration identifies the child’s name, birth date, and address and is signed by a parent. There is no general annual filing deadline.
New Hampshire sets these rules:
- Subjects: Parents direct the home education program; current RSA 193-A does not prescribe a subject list or require the district’s calendar or hours.
- Testing: No annual evaluation or standardized-test requirement under RSA 193-A after July 1, 2026. Education Freedom Account participants follow a separate program.
- Records: RSA 193-A no longer requires a portfolio or annual assessment records. Families may keep progress records and optionally certify completion.
- Teachers: No state degree or teaching-license requirement for parents directing home education under RSA 193-A.
New Hampshire also has an education savings account that home-educated students can use.
- The Education Freedom Account directs state adequacy funding to home education, tutoring, classes, and other approved costs, with no income limit since 2025. The 2026-27 enrollment cap has been reached, so new applicants may be waitlisted.
- TheHomeschoolingCompany is an approved vendor for it.
Read the New Hampshire homeschooling guide See statewide programs in New Hampshire
Questions parents ask
- CRTC admissions tells students to see their school counselor. What do we do?
- Contact CRTC directly. Email concordinfo@sau8.org or call the CRTC office to ask how your student should sign up for preview days and apply, since its admissions steps assume a sending school.
- Can my student earn college credit at CRTC?
- Yes, in many programs. Early College at Your High School courses cost $150 for CRTC students with financial aid available, and Early College on a College Campus courses are half the regular community college tuition.
- Do the college course scholarships cover homeschoolers?
- Yes. Homeschooled students age 15 and older can use the Dual and Concurrent Enrollment Scholarships to take up to two college courses a year tuition free.
- Will the district bus my student to CRTC?
- Not that CRTC says. Its pages do not describe transportation for homeschooled students and list it among costs families may pay, so ask the CRTC office before you apply.
Turn support into your child’s next lesson
Local classes cover the subjects they offer. We teach the remaining subjects, so a local class can stay part of the year without becoming the whole curriculum. We are an approved Education Freedom Account (EFA) vendor, so your ClassWallet balance can pay for it.
$149/month per child after the trial.
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