1. (a) Purpose.

   1. (1)

      1. (A) The purpose of this section is to provide the criteria governing the conditions under which a school district may count a homebound child to generate Formula Foundation Aid.
      2. (B) These criteria were adopted by the State Board of Education at its September 1982 meeting.
   2. (2) The application of these criteria is required in order for a school district to count children with disabilities who are on homebound services on its December 1 federal child count.

2. (b) Criteria.

   1. (1) The child is absent from school because of:

      1. (A) An illness;
      2. (B) An accident resulting in serious injury;
      3. (C) Pregnancy;
      4. (D) Other physically disabling conditions; or
      5. (E) In the case of a child with disabilities, the IEP team has determined that the child’s LRE is a homebound placement.
   2. (2) The school district must provide a licensed teacher for the homebound child for at least four (4) hours per week on at least two (2) different visits to the child’s home each week.

   3. (3) The school may use an aide (paraprofessional) to work with the child if the aide (paraprofessional) works under the supervision of:

      1. (A) The regular teacher or teachers; or
      2. (B) In the case of a child with a disability, the teacher or teachers responsible for implementing the child’s IEP.

   4. (4) The child’s attendance record should show the child as being absent but on roll and a note should be entered in the (child) register or the form being used, indicating that the child was (is):

      1. (A) Receiving instruction at home; and
      2. (B) Being counted as a homebound child for the purpose of generating Formula Foundation Aid.
   5. (5) For a child with disabilities who is homebound, the district must implement the child’s IEP using an appropriately qualified provider, i.e., for speech therapy a licensed speech-language pathologist, or for instruction implementing goals and objectives in the IEP, a special education-licensed teacher.
   6. (6) For a child with disabilities who is homebound, the district must provide the related services identified in the IEP during the duration of the period of the child’s confinement.

Codification Notes: “LRE” means least restrictive environment.