2412 - HOMEBOUND INSTRUCTION PROGRAM

The Board of Education may provide individual instruction to students who are unable to attend classes because of accident, illness, or disability.

Documentation of the medical condition shall be done through a physician licensed to practice in this State who shall:

1. certify the existence of a medical condition requiring homebound instruction;
2. state the probable duration of the confinement.

Applications must be approved by the Superintendent/Designee.

Prior to a student on an IEP being placed in the homebound instruction program under this policy, the IEP team shall meet to temporarily amend the student's IEP. The program of homebound instruction for students with disabilities shall be in accordance with the terms of the student's amended IEP. In accordance with R.C. 3323.12, five (5) hours of home instruction shall be equivalent to attendance for five (5) school days.

Teachers providing homebound instruction shall hold an Ohio teaching license appropriate for the level of instruction for which the assignment is made. Ordinarily, the District will provide one (1) hour of instruction for each school day that the student is participating in a homebound instruction program. The Superintendent may approve additional instructional time, on a case-by-case basis, when the circumstances warrant it.

Instruction will not be provided when:

1. the instructor's presence in the place of a student's confinement presents a hazard to their health;
2. a parent or other adult in authority is not at home with the student during the hours of instruction;
3. the condition of the student is such as to preclude their benefit from such instruction.

Revised 9/17/02
Revised 6/16/11

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