And, schools go along with it because mom has stopped emailing and complaining. The child wants to stay home indefinitely. In my professional experience, once you open that door, it’s a very difficult one to close. Because a child cannot stay home forever. Keep working toward and fighting for a better solution. But instruction in the home should be a temporary solution. Your child is stressed and their mental health is worsening. But instruction in the home is overused and abused, too often as an accommodation for anxiety or bullying.
I can’t say it enough– IEP placement is the last decision in the IEP process.Īnd here’s where I get on my soapbox for a minute. Home Study: for expelled students or students awaiting placement students are counted in the membership but not the school attendance this is not homebound instruction.Home Education Programs (“homeschooling”): usually taught at home by a parent (referred to as the home education supervisor) students are not counted in either the membership or school attendance this is not homebound instruction.Instruction conducted in the home: for special education students for whom an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) team determines that the instruction of the student is to be conducted in the home students are counted in both the school membership and school attendance this is not homebound instruction.The following are NOT categorized as “homebound instruction” There are a number of educational options that sometimes are referred to as “homebound instruction” although they do not fit the legal definition of homebound instruction. See 22 Pa Code § 11.25 in the Laws and Regulations section. Regulations require that the term “urgent reasons” be strictly construed not to permit irregular attendance at school. Just google “state + homebound instruction” and you should find it.Ī school district, area vocational technical school, charter school, independent school, private school or non-public school may temporarily excuse a student from compulsory attendance on account of illness or other urgent reasons and provide that student homebound instruction while he or she is excused from school.
How PA Defines HomeboundĪgain, this is from the PA regs, but you will find commonalities and similar thinking in your state’s regs. It was never designed to be a long-term placement. Things like cancer treatment and recovering from surgery. Homebound was developed as an option to accommodate acute illnesses and situations. What is common: that homebound is designed to be short term. Pennsylvania (my home state) has very specific rules and guidelines surrounding home bound instruction.
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