Education Code section 51800

The governing board of any school district, may employ teachers known as “home teachers” not exceeding one teacher for every 500 units of average daily attendance in the elementary or high schools of the district as shown by the report of the county superintendent of schools for the next preceding school year.

Source: Section 51800, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=51800. (updated Jan. 1, 1976; accessed Jul. 7, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/education_code_section_51800

Original Source: Section 51800, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=51800. (last accessed May 12, 2025).