6173P - Homebound and Hospital Instruction

COLCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
                                                                                        6173P
                                                                                  INSTRUCTION


                             Homebound and Hospital Instruction
                               FIRST READING – 2/16/22 (CABE)


Home and hospital instruction shall be a teaching service available, as mandated by Section
10-76d-15 of the Connecticut State Board of Education Regulations, to students who are unable
to attend school for medical and/or mental health reasons for a period of two weeks or longer
due to a verified medical reason as diagnosed by physician, psychiatrist or Planning and
Placement Team, or that the student’s condition is such that the student may be required to be
absent from school for short, repeated periods of time during the school year. The purpose of
home or hospital instruction shall be to help students to keep up with their work even though
they are unable to attend school because of their disability. Instruction provided pursuant to
this policy shall maintain the continuity of the child’s general education program and, in the
case of a child with a disability, shall be provided so as to enable the child to continue to
participate in the general education curriculum and to progress towards meeting the goals and
objectives in the child’s IEP.
The PPT shall consider the educational needs of a student with a disability who is medically
complex and the need for instruction is to be provided in accordance with an IEP when said
student is not able to attend school. A student with a “medically complex” disability is one who
has a serious, ongoing illness or chronic condition for at least a year which requires prolonged
or intermittent hospitalization and ongoing invasive medical treatments or medical devices to
compensate for the loss of bodily functions.
Home instruction may also be provided for those students who have been excluded from
regular school attendance for disciplinary reasons.


Legal Reference:    Connecticut General Statutes
                    §10-76d-15 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies as amended.
                    §10-76d Duties and powers of Boards of Education to provide special
                    education programs and services.
                    §10-233a et sec. Exclusion.
Policy adopted:     March 11, 2003
Policy revised:


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