An LEA shall maintain a student receiving home or hospital instruction on the regular attendance roll and count the student as medically excused, except when a student is not available for home or hospital instruction, in which event the student may be counted absent.
(Mar. 16, 2021, D.C. Law 23-204, § 8, 67 DCR 14756.)
Section 7201 of D.C. Law 24-45 repealed section 12 of D.C. Law 23-204 removing the applicability provision impacting this section. Therefore the creation of this section by Law 23-204 has been implemented.
Section 7201 of D.C. Act 24-159 repealed section 12 of D.C. Law 23-204 removing the applicability provision impacting this section. Therefore the creation of this section by Law 23-204 has been implemented.
Applicability of D.C. Law 23-204: § 12 of D.C. Law 23-204 provided that the creation of this section by § 8 of D.C. Law 23-204 is subject to the inclusion of the law’s fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 38 - Educational Institutions
Chapter 2 - Compulsory School Attendance and Expulsion
Subchapter IV - Students' Right to Home or Hospital Instruction
§ 38–251.02. Home and hospital instruction program
§ 38–251.03. Home or hospital instruction approval process
§ 38–251.04. Termination or extension of home or hospital instruction
§ 38–251.05. Mediation and appeals process
§ 38–251.06. Delivery of home or hospital instruction
§ 38–251.08. Healthcare institutions
§ 38–251.09. Transparency and accountability