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

Z. GENERAL EDUCATION HOMEBOUND PROCEDURES (GEH)
General Education Homebound Program Criteria (GEH)
1. Student is expected to be confined at home or hospital bedside for a minimum of four (4)
consecutive weeks.
2. Student is expected to be confined at home or hospital bedside within Aldine ISD
boundaries for medical reasons only.
3. The medical condition is documented by a physician licensed to practice in the United
States.
4. Students must be served by a certified general education teacher.
Steps for General Education Homebound Consideration
1. Parent lets nurse know that the student is ill/had surgery/severe injury etc.
2. Nurse explains criteria for placing a student on homebound (Criteria-doctor expects the
student to be out of school for a minimum of four consecutive weeks from the date the
doctor completes the Medical Evaluation)
3. Nurse gives the parent a copy of the Medical Evaluation Report (MER) Form GH #1 has
parent sign consent for school to speak to doctor, gives parent homebound parent
letter, and has parent sign Receipt of Homebound Information (GE-0009).
4. Nurse notifies administrator of possible homebound placement.
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.
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