@happymomof1, thank you very much for this information, I did not know this was possible. I tried very hard to request for a gap year or medical leave of absence from current year and I was told it is not allowed. Checked with CA Dept of Edu on it too, and they said there is no provision for medical leave. Only on very rare (1% of district) cases, a student could take LoA for travel/intern/family reasons but not medical. I’ve been so frustrated about this!
Perhaps 504 changes that. I will check on it. The standard process is to be sent to Adult school if one did not complete high school graduation requirements by 18 yrs of age.