5340C - STUDENTS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION IN HOSPITAL PROGRAMS

1. If at the beginning of a school year a student is a patient/resident in a hospital which has an educational program, it shall be the responsibility of the parent/guardian to enroll the student at the school the student would be attending were s/he not hospitalized. Failure to enroll the student in a timely manner may jeopardize the student’s progress in the school’s educational program.

2. If during a school year a student becomes a resident/patient in a hospital which has an educational program, the student’s parent/guardian will immediately inform the school principal or his/her designee and provide the information necessary to maintain an educational program for the student. Failure to provide timely notice of hospitalization may jeopardize the student’s progress in the school’s educational program.

3. At the time of school enrollment, or parent/guardian notification of a hospital admission, the process of transferring textbooks, assignments and other materials to the hospital staff and of receiving reports from the hospital staff will be explained to the parent/guardian. A school staff member (administrator or counselor) will be designated as the liaison between hospital educational staff and school educational staff, for the student. If it is anticipated that the student will be hospitalized for twenty (20) or more school days, the school nurse will be notified and a homebound form will be initiated.

4. The principal will immediately contact hospital educational staff to insure communication and the least possible disruption to the student’s educational program. The liaison will also communicate with the school staff member(s) to whom the student would be assigned were s/he not hospitalized.

5. All reports, assignments and other materials relating to an individual student will be exchanged between the hospital and school educational staff through the principal. The principal will assume responsibility for the proper recording of grades, credits, etc., for the student, by completing the recording, or by reporting to instructional staff and then verifying that the student receives proper credit for work completed.

6. A student attending a hospital educational program is responsible for the satisfactory completion of the assignments in the class to which s/he is assigned in the home school. Grades and credit for a class will be determined on the basis of the standards used in the home school’s class; such standards may be adapted only to accommodate the student’s absence from the class.

7. When a student is a resident/patient in a hospital which has an educational program, and the student and parent/guardian fulfill the obligations set out herein, the student will be counted present each day, in his/her school.