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

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 must
include the designated amount of time per week that instruction will be provided and for
what subjects.
e. Documentation of the day(s) homebound instruction started and stopped.
Meeting to Return the Student to School
1. When the physician provides a medical release date to return to school, the GEH Committee
meets and completes the GEH form # 2 to dismiss the student from Homebound Services. The
parent could participate by phone if they wish.
2. File the General Education Homebound Summary Form # 3 and the General Education
Homebound Teacher Contact Log From # 5 along with the other General Education
Homebound Forms from the first meeting in the student’s cumulative folder.
Attendance/Calculating eligible days present
Amount of time served per week: Eligible days present/earned per week:
One hour One day present
Two hours Two days present
Three hours Three days present
Four or more hours Four days present (4-day week)
Five days present (5-day week)
1. Excused absences
a. Student is too ill to complete school work.
b. Student is contagious
c. Family member is contagious
d. Student has a doctor’s appointment
2. Unexcused absences
a. Unexcused absences may result in no grade (NG) and the need to reconsider
Homebound Services.
Schoolwork
1. Textbooks
a. Textbooks should be provided to the student from his/her campus.
School should check them all out to the student the day of the GEH meeting.
b. Parents are responsible for checking out and returning textbooks. Neither homebound
instructors nor school personnel will be able to check out textbooks.
2. Make-up work
a. If the student has been out of school for more than five days prior to the initial General
Education Homebound meeting, the family should request make-up work from the
student’s campus.
3. Extracurricular or employment
a. Students who are too ill to attend school are considered too ill to participate in
extracurricular activities or to hold a job.
b. If the student exhibits the ability for such activities, the student would not continue with
Homebound Services.
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