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HOMEBOUND  INSTRUCTION

"Homebound" or "hospitalized" means a student who is capable of profiting from academic instruction but is unable to attend school due to illness, disease, accident or other health conditions, who has been examined by a competent medical doctor and who is certified by that doctor as being unable to attend regular classes for a period of not less than three (3) school months or a pupil who is capable of profiting from academic instruction but is unable to attend school regularly due to chronic or acute health problems, who has been examined by a competent medical doctor and who is certified by that doctor as being unable to attend regular classes for intermittent periods of time totaling three (3) school months during a school year.  Homebound or hospitalized includes a student who is unable to attend school for a period of less than three (3) months due to a pregnancy if a competent medical doctor, after an examination, certifies that the student is unable to attend regular classes due to risk to the pregnancy or to the student's health.

Requests for homebound instruction must be made to the school office and shall include medical certification stating the general medical condition, such as illness, disease or chronic health condition, that is the reason the student is unable to attend school.  Homebound instruction must be provided a minimum of four (4) hours per week by teachers with the same certification as the regular classroom teacher.  Full-time attendance may be counted for each day during a week in which the student receives at least four (4) hours of instruction.  Classroom teachers are expected to work with the teachers of homebound students concerning materials to be covered in order that each homebound student may rejoin the class upon return to school.

Adopted:  date of Manual adoption

LEGAL REF.: 
A.R.S. 
15-769
15-901
A.A.C. 
R7-2-607

CROSS REF.: 
JHD - Exclusions and Exemptions from School Attendance