File: IGBG
HOMEBOUND, CORRESPONDENCE, AND
ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF INSTRUCTION
Homebound
Instruction
The School Board shall maintain a
program of homebound instruction for students who are confined for periods that
would prevent normal school attendance based upon certification of need by a
licensed physician, nurse practitioner, or clinical psychologist.
Upon request of the student's parent
or guardian, and provided such request is recommended by a physician, nurse
practitioner, or clinical psychologist, the Board shall furnish a teacher to
instruct the student at home. Any credits earned shall be considered a part of
the student's regular school work and recorded as such on the cumulative
record. Credit for the work shall be awarded when it is done under the
supervision of a certified teacher, a person eligible to hold a Virginia certificate, or
other appropriately licensed professional, employed by the local School Board.
Applicants
for homebound instruction shall be approved by the superintendent or his
designee. Medical forms must be
maintained on file.
During such period of instruction
the student shall be carried on the school register as present.
Correspondence
Courses
The Superintendent, at the direction
and for the adoption of the School Board and in accordance with the Standards
of Accreditation, will develop a policy governing the enrollment of students in
supervised correspondence courses for receipt of a standard and verified unit
of credit. Students may enroll in such
courses only with prior approval of the principal.
Standard units of credit will be
awarded for the successful completion of such courses when the course is
equivalent to that offered in the regular school program and the work is done
under the supervision of a licensed teacher, or a person eligible to hold a Virginia license,
approved by the local school board.
Verified units of credit may be earned when the student has passed the
SOL test associated with the correspondence course completed.
Instruction
through Alternative Technological Means
The Superintendent, at the direction
and for the adoption of the School Board and in accordance with the Standards
of Accreditation, shall develop a policy to encourage the pursuit of
alternative means to deliver instruction to accommodate student needs through
emerging technologies.
Standard units of credit will be
awarded for the successful completion of such courses when the course is
equivalent to that offered in the regular school program and the work is done
under the supervision of a licensed teacher, or a person eligible to hold a Virginia license,
approved by the local school board.
Verified units of credit may be earned when the student has passed the
SOL test associated with the correspondence course completed.
Adopted: 06/27/05; 11/24/03
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Legal Ref.: Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, §§
22.1-253.13:2, 54.1-2957.02.
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