School District Of Westfield
Bylaws & Policies
 

2412 - HOMEBOUND INSTRUCTION PROGRAM

The Board of Education shall provide, pursuant to rules of the Department of Public Instruction or appropriate State agency and State/Federal law, individual instruction to students of legal school age who are not able to attend classes because of a physical or emotional disability.

Applications for homebound instruction shall be made by a physician licensed to practice in this State and shall:

 A.certify the nature of the medical disability;

 B.state the probable duration of the confinement;

 C.request such instruction;

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

Applications must be approved by the District Administrator or designee.

The District shall recommend that the instruction begin as soon as practicable after the date of notification for nonspecial-education students. In the case of Special Education students under an IEP, the instruction is to begin as soon as practicable after the IEP Committee has met to develop an appropriate IEP. The program of homebound instruction given each student shall be in accordance with rules of the Department of Instruction or other appropriate agency.

Where permitted by law, the District reserves the right to withhold recommendation for 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.

118.15(3)(a), Wis. Stats.
P.I. 11.31, Wis. Adm. Code

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