Elk Rapids Schools
Bylaws & Policies
 

2412 - HOMEBOUND INSTRUCTION PROGRAM

The Board of Education shall provide, pursuant to requirements of the State Board of Education, individual instruction to students of legal school age who are not able to attend classes because of physical or emotional disability.

The District's homebound instruction program shall be operated pursuant to the rules of the State Board of Education, and teachers instructing students in the program shall hold a Michigan teaching certificate appropriate for the level of instruction required for each assignment. The program of instruction given to each homebound student will also be in accordance with these rules, with such exceptions as may be recommended by the student's physician.

The Superintendent shall develop administrative guidelines for implementing the program.

2412.1

Application for Homebound Instruction
   
 

Applications for individual instruction shall be made by the student, parent, other care giver or a physician licensed to practice in this State. A physician must:
   
 

A.

certify the nature and existence of a medical condition;
     
 

B.

state the probable duration of the confinement;
     
 

C.

request the homebound instruction;
     
 

D.

present evidence of the student's ability to participate in an education program.
     
   

Applications shall be approved by the building principal.
     
   

The District will provide homebound instruction only for those confinements expected to last at least five (5) days.
     
   

The District shall recommend that the instruction begin within three (3) days from the date of notification for nonspecial-education students. In the case of students under an I.E.P., the instruction is to begin within fifteen (15) days after notification in order to arrange for a meeting of an I.E.P.C., if necessary.
 

The program of homebound or hospitalized instruction given each student shall be in accordance with regulations of the State Board of Education with such exceptions as may be recommended by the physician. Teachers of homebound special education students shall hold a Michigan teaching certificate appropriate for the level of instruction for which the assignment is made or for the type of instruction called for by an I.E.P.C. Teachers of nondisabled students must hold a valid teaching certificate.
   
 

Revised 4/24/95
 

Revised 9/9/96
   

2412.2

Right to Withhold Instruction
   
 

The District reserves the right to withhold homebound instruction when:
   
 

A.

the instructor's presence in the place of a student's confinement presents a hazard to the health of the teacher;
     
 

B.

a parent or other adult in authority is not at home with the student during the hours of instruction;
     
 

C.

the condition of the student is such as to preclude his/her benefit from such instruction.

M.C.L.A. 388.1606, 388.1709

Revised 11/14/05