Series 6000: Instruction

6173 Homebound Instruction

Home instruction shall be a teaching service available to students who are unable to attend school for medical and/or mental health reasons for a period of two weeks or longer as diagnosed by physician, psychiatrist or Planning and Placement Team. The purpose of home instruction shall be to help students to keep up with their work even though unable to attend school because of their disability.

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. Duties and powers of Boards of Education to provide special education programs and services.

10-233a et sec. Exclusion.

Policy adopted: November 19, 2007 THOMASTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Thomaston, Connecticut