Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut, shown here during the March 23, 2022, Executive Council meeting, says that 2022 legislation requiring an audit of Education Freedom Accounts did not specify that the Children’s Scholarship Fund, which handles that money, would be included in the audit. (Ethan DeWitt/New Hampshire Bulletin)
The Department of Education has blocked efforts to audit the Children’s Scholarship Fund, the New York-based nonprofit organization that handles New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Accounts, because — although the state has a contract with the agency — CSF records are confidential.
