Home & Hospital Instruction
School districts provide home and hospital instruction to maintain instructional continuity during a student's temporary disability.Existing law requires each person subject to compulsory education
to attend full-time school or continuation school. The Home and
Hospital Instruction Program (California Education Code Section 48206.3 
) serves students who incur a temporary disability, which
makes attendance in the regular day classes or alternative education
program impossible or inadvisable. The district in which the home
or residential health facility is located is responsible for instructing
and educating pupils who must be hospitalized or remain at home
due to a temporary but extended illness or disability. There is
no provision in statute that specifically addresses instructional
content; however, the goal of home or hospital instruction should
be maintenance of the pupil's former level of performance while
recovering.
Program Summary
Information on program purpose, services, outcomes, students served, funding, and results.
Home and Hospital Instruction—CalEdFacts
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Contact your local school district office for more information on Home and Hospital Instruction.