Adopted: 8/27/81, Revised: 9/3/98, 8/1/01, 9/26/02,
1/26/05, 10/25/06, 9/21/07, Code:
VI-D-2
7/30/08
Reference: WVDE
Policy 2510, WV State Code 18.20.1, Page
1 of 2
WVDE Attendance Policy
HOMEBOUND
INSTRUCTION
Homebound
instruction is to be provided when a student has an injury, communicable
illness, or health condition that has been diagnosed by a licensed physician and
will require her or him to be homebound or hospitalized for a period that has
lasted or will last more than three weeks.
In case of mental or emotional
illness, the approval of a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist is required.
The approval/signature must be from a psychologist,
psychiatrist, or licensed physician. Physicians assistants, therapist, counselors, nurses or
clerical staff are not permitted to make recommendations or sign the
application. No student shall be granted
Homebound Services based on the scheduling of future appointments. A treatment plan and timelines developed by a
psychologist or psychiatrist for the return to school must accompany the
application. Failure to remit this plan
will result in rejection of homebound services.
The Director of Student Services reserves the right to confer with the
acting physician, psychologist, or psychiatrist regarding the treatment plan
and progress of the applying student.
Summers
County Schools will provide certified teachers to serve homebound students. All
requests should be directed to the Director of Student Services located at the
Summers County Board of Education,
All
homebound students must be enrolled in a
The
procedure for getting a homebound teacher is as follows:
1. Student/Parent provides the information
necessary to complete an application form available from the office of Summers County
Director of Student Service.
2. Student/Parent takes the application form to
a doctor for completion of her/his report.
3. Application form must be signed by a licensed
physician, psychologist or psychiatrist.
4. Application form is, then, returned to the
Summers County Director of Student Services.
5. If approved, homebound teacher(s) will be
assigned by the Director of Student Services.
6. Students placed on extended home instruction
shall submit a physician's statement of need for continued home instruction
when the term of home instruction reaches six months in length.
Scheduling
and instruction of homebound students
1. Instruction is to start as soon as possible
following determination of student's eligibility for instruction.
2. Instruction time to be provided is four
hours per week for grades K-8 and thirty minutes of instruction
per week for each class for grades 9-12.
Instruction time may be altered to meet the needs of individual
students. After a full grading period,
students 9-12 participating in the Career and Technical Education Program may
forfeit their grade and or class credit as modifications to the curriculum may
not be possible for extended time in settings such as clinical, labs, and/or
work-based learning. Hence, students on
extended HB may need to repeat those classes in order to graduate. Alterations to schedules
will be made following consultation with the doctor, parent, homebound
Adopted: 8/27/81, Revised: 9/3/98, 8/1/01, 9/26/02, 1/26/05 Code: VI-D-2
Reference: WVDE Policy 2510, WV State Code 18.20.1, Page 2 of 2
WVDE
Attendance Policy
teacher, and the regular teacher. All alternative schedules must be approved by
the Director of Student Services.
3. Home instruction is provided at a time when a
responsible adult is in the home.
4. The student's teacher(s) shall provide the
home instruction teacher with copies of daily lesson plans, including homework
assignments, when requested.
Parent/Student Responsibility
1.
Once the parent and teacher agree on a
schedule, it is the responsibility of the parent and student to abide by that
schedule unless prior arrangements have been made with the teacher to
change the schedule.
2.
All appointments are to be scheduled at a
time when it will not interfere with homebound instruction.
3.
Students receiving homebound services will
not be permitted to work.
4.
It is the parent’s responsibility to see
that a responsible adult is home when instruction is scheduled.
5.
It is the responsibility of the student to
complete his/her assignments.
6.
When instruction is missed, the student will
be counted absent as per