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| Homebound Instruction: Radford City Schools' School Board Policy | ||||
| The School Board shall maintain a program of homebound instruction
for any student who is unable to attend school because of a temporary physical or
emotional disability. Upon request of the student's parent or guardian, and provided such request is recommended by a physician, the Board shall furnish a teacher to instruct the student at home. Any credits earned shall be considered a part of the cumulative record. Credit for the work shall be awarded when it is done under the supervision of a certified teacher, a person eligible to hold a Virginia certificate or other appropriately licensed professional employed by the local School Board. Applicants for homebound instruction shall be approved by the
superintendent or his designee. Medical forms must be maintained on file. |
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| Overview of Services | ||||
| Homebound instruction is designed to provide continuity of educational services between the classroom and home setting for students whose medical needs, both physical and psychiatric, contraindicated school attendance. Additionally, homebound instruction may be used to supplement the classroom program for health impaired children whose conditions may interfere with consistent attendance (e.g., students receiving dialysis, or radiation/chemotherapy); or children with disabilities that prevent regular school attendance. Homebound instruction is temporary. The inability to attend school must be certified by a licensed physician or licensed clinical psychologist. | ||||
| Eligibility of Children for Home Instruction | ||||
| Children who are unable to attend the regular public day schools
because of physical disabilities, disease, emotional disorders, congenital deformities, or
pregnancy may be eligible for home instruction. State aid on this type of school
experience for mentally retarded children is not available, unless there is a concomitant
physical or medical reason for such instruction. A child unable to attend school due to an emotional disorder may be successfully taught at home by a trained teacher. This service is considered t o be of short-term duration. Homebound instruction is not to be used in lieu of school programs. When home instruction is requested for such children, information given on the Certification for Need for Homebound Instruction form must be furnished by a physician, psychiatrist, or licensed psychologist working with the child in a clinical setting or from records of a Mental Hygiene Clinic as appropriate to the specific situation. A letter outlining the treatment plan signed by the psychiatrist or clinical psychologist is to be submitted with the application if a child handicapped by emotional maladjustment is to be instructed at home. A plan for returning the child to school or placing him/her in a more appropriate setting should be on record. If home instruction is requested for a pregnant girl, the inability of this student to attend school shall be attested to by a competent physician. It may be desirable and practical to provide instruction on a small group basis for pregnant girls. (Supts. Memo No. 5306). |
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| How do you request Homebound Instruction? | ||||
| If your child is in need of home instruction contact the principal or counselor at your child's school to obtain a Certification for Need for Homebound Instruction form. Take this form to your physician or licensed clinical psychologist to complete and return to your child's school. If you have any questions you can contact either the principal or counselor at the following schools: | ||||
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| Hours of Home Instruction | ||||
| A child receiving home instruction is carried in the daily register of the class in which he is enrolled provided he receives instruction for the allotted five or ten hours per week. (Elementary school pupils are allowed five hours per week or twenty hours per month and secondary school pupils are allowed five hours per week for two credit subjects or ten hours per week for three or four subjects). If local school officials wish to provide more time for instructional purposes, they may do so at their own expense. | ||||
| Credit for Work Achieved Under Home Instruction | ||||
| Homebound students should receive credit for the actual work achieved. Students who receive home instruction at the high school level are entitled, under existing State regulations, to receive two hours of credit on two subjects carried for five hours per week. Four subjects may be approved with ten hours of instruction for each week if the physical condition of the pupil permits. | ||||
| NOTE: Subject to limitations of the budget, reimbursement for instruction of homebound children will be based on 60% of the per pupil rate paid by the local school division. Maximum State Reimbursement will be $2.40 per hour (60% of $4.00 per hour), on an individual student basis. For group instruction (pregnant girls), 60% of the local hourly rate not to exceed $3.60 in State aid per hour. | ||||
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