Aldine I.S.D. Teacher Handbook - Aldine Independent School District

5. IF STUDENT DOES NOT WARRANT HOMEBOUND:
a. Nurse notifies Campus Administrator
b. Campus Administrator notifies Parent
c. If parent disagrees, Nurse notifies Program Director of Health Services as an
independent mediator
6. IF STUDENT WARRANTS HOMEBOUND:
a. Nurse notifies the campus EIT coordinator to schedule a GEH Meeting
b. GEH Meeting is held, nurse notifies Homebound immediately.
7. EIT Coordinator makes a copy of the forms: GEH # 1, GEH # 2. EIT Coordinator collects
the student’s class schedule, a copy of the student’s transcript, a copy of the student’s most
recent report card and a copy of the student’s blue card. Send the copy of all of these
documents to Homebound Services in a folder within 2 days of the General Education
Homebound Meeting. Keep the originals on the home campus.
General Education Homebound Meeting
1. Role
a. Review and consider the necessity of providing instruction to a general education
student at home/hospital bedside.
2. Decisions must be made by the General Education Homebound Committee
a. Consideration of physician’s information (In making these decisions the GEH
committee must consider the physician’s information. However, the physician’s
information is not the sole determining factor in the committee’s decision making
process).
b. If the decision is to provide general education homebound services, then the committee
must determine the type and amount of instruction to be provided to the student and the
subjects that will be taught on Homebound. Due to limited direct instructional time
from teachers, these types of classes may be deemed inappropriate for Homebound
Services by the committee: some electives, labs, AP level classes, etc.
3. Requirements to Consider
a. Using the General Education Homebound Meeting Form (GH # 2) which documents
GEH committee decisions regarding whether or not a student is to be served through
GEH.
b. The GEH committee must review the Medical Evaluation Report from the physician
(GEH # 1) stating the student has a medical condition which requires the student to be
confined at home/hospital bedside for a minimum of four (4) consecutive weeks.
c. The GEH committee must review data to help determine the number of hours per week
and the classes to be taught during Homebound Services such as: the health of the
student---is the student capable of maintaining the rigor of the subject matter and
course work as is or will it have to be significantly modified? What are the critical
subjects that Homebound could provide that can maintain the integrity of the
subject/course? Due to the severity of the illness/injury, in many cases four hours a
week (the minimum) may be the limit of direct instructional time a student can attend
without fatigue or detriment to the students health may occur; the length of time the
student will be on homebound---will it be long term or only for 4-6 weeks?; the
student’s attendance---is the student able to attend school for even 1 or 2 periods a day
to access classes and would this be better for the student than Homebound Services?;
grades---what are the current and past grades of the student? If the student is not doing
well, would it be best to drop the course until the student can return to school?; is there
a better way to obtain instruction in the course--could the work and tests generated by
the student’s general education teachers be transported another way that would
maintain the expectations of the course? Is the general education teacher willing to
support the student if the work is transported back and forth? Could email for
assignments be utilized? Could PLATO be utilized (if the home has internet access?)
d. The GEH committee must document on the form (GEH # 2) the committee’s decision
regarding the type(s) and amount of instruction to be provided to the student. This
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