48207. (a) Notwithstanding Section 48200, a pupil with a temporary disability, who is in a hospital or other residential health facility, excluding a state hospital, located outside of the school district in which the pupil’s parent or guardian resides, shall be deemed to have complied with the residency requirements for school attendance in the school district in which the hospital is located.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district or charter school may continue to enroll a pupil with a temporary disability who is receiving individual instruction in a hospital or other residential health facility in order to facilitate the timely reentry of the pupil in his or her prior school after the hospitalization has ended, or in order to provide a partial week of instruction to a pupil who is receiving individual instruction in a hospital or other residential health facility, for fewer than five days of instruction per week, or the equivalent, as described in subdivision (c) of Section 48206.3.
(c) (1) A pupil with a temporary disability who remains enrolled in a school district of residence or a charter school pursuant to subdivision (b) while also receiving individual instruction in a hospital or other residential health facility may only be counted by the school district of residence or charter school for purposes of computing average daily attendance pursuant to Section 42238.05 for days on which the pupil is in attendance in that school district or charter school.
(2) A pupil with a temporary disability who remains enrolled in a school district of residence or a charter school pursuant to subdivision (b) while also receiving individual instruction in a hospital or other residential health facility may only be counted by the school district in which the hospital or other residential health facility is located for purposes of computing average daily attendance pursuant to Section 42238.05 for days on which the pupil is receiving individual instruction in a hospital or other residential health facility.
(d) The total attendance counted for purposes of computing average daily attendance pursuant to Section 42238.05 for a pupil with a temporary disability, including days of attendance in a hospital or other residential health facility, shall not exceed five days per week, or the equivalent, as described in subdivision (c) of Section 48206.3.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 167, Sec. 3. (AB 2109) Effective January 1, 2019.)