Hospital/Homebound Services

The purpose of Hospital/Homebound (HHB) instruction is to sustain continuity of instruction for students who will be absent from school for medical or psychiatric reasons for a minimum of ten consecutive school days per year or intermittent periods of time for a minimum of ten days per year, and to facilitate the student’s return to school. 

Parents should contact their child’s School HHB Coordinator to discuss the child’s situation. 

Parents/Legal Guardians should contact their child’s School HHB Coordinator.  

HHB Coordinator School List  (Link includes links to email addresses and Special Education Administrators).

Hospital/Homebound supports intermittent services for students diagnosed with chronic health conditions causing absences of three consecutive days per occurrence for a minimum of ten days per year. 

Parents/Legal Guardians should contact their child’s School HHB Coordinator.  

HHB Coordinator School List  (Link includes links to email addresses and Special Education Administrators).

The student must receive a minimum of three hours of HHB instruction per school week to be considered present by the school system. 

Instruction is provided by a Georgia certified teacher and is determined on a case-by-case basis. 

No, Participation in an online course will meet the requirement of the minimum of three hours of HHB instruction per school week for the HHB student to be considered present by the school. 

No, HHB services end on the last day of school of the regular school year. Parents must submit a new request each school year.