Program Description
The Home and Hospital program is usually a short-term or intermittent instructional service. The educational services provided to students enable them to continue their academic work while preparing for their eventual return to school. Instructional programs provided are: teleclass teaching, home teaching, or a combination of the two.

Teleclass teaching provides academic instruction as well as social interaction. Each subject is taught via a conference call. Students are provided with speaker phones and books in their homes or hospital rooms. They are able to talk with and hear the teacher and the other students in the class. Some higher level math and science classes offer computer to computer teaching. Teleclass teachers follow the Baltimore County Curriculum.

The home teaching program is provided by full-time and part-time teachers who instruct students on an individual basis in a home or hospital setting. Teachers are liaisons between the students, the parents, and the regular schools in helping the students maintain the pace of their regular classes. The Baltimore County Curriculum is followed.

* All programs provide differentiated instruction and supports for special needs students.

Student Eligibility
A student is eligible for Home and Hospital services if:

• The student resides in Baltimore County and has a physician's verification of a medical disability or an emotional crisis that prevents attendance in a school-based program. There must be an anticipated absence of four or more weeks. This means that a student must expect to be out of school for four or more weeks. The student does not have to be absent for four weeks before services are provided.
• The student expects to have frequent intermittent absences due to a chronic illness, and has a physician's verification.
• The student is admitted to a hospital located in Baltimore County.
• The student is from another Maryland jurisdiction or another state and is a patient in a Baltimore County hospital or therapy center. Fees for instruction are billed to the public school system where the student's parent(s) reside even if the student attends a private or parochial school.

Location of Service

• Home: Instruction is most often provided in the student's home. For home visits, a parent, guardian or designated supervising adult, 21 years of age or older, must be present during the entire visit.
• Other settings: Some students are instructed while in the hospital. Facilities such as libraries, group homes, therapeutic centers or other Baltimore County schools can also be utilized.