The Hospital / Homebound instruction program provides assistance for students in a hospital, at home, or at an alternate site for three (if traditional schedule) or five (if block schedule) hours per week so that the student can maintain his/her grades. The program is not intended to provide sufficient instruction for a student to bring up failing or borderline grades to a passing level. Instruction is provided by a certified teacher on a contractual basis. Teachers who contract do so on a voluntary basis.

Priorities established by the state are: (1) accident victims, (2) surgery, (3) extended illnesses, and (4) pregnancy.

Approval for services must be granted by a school social worker and is based on a physician’s recommendation.