General Education Homebound Services

3.7 General Education Homebound (GEH) Program

Any student who is served through the GEH program must meet the following three criteria:

1. The student is expected to be confined at home or hospital bedside for a minimum of four weeks. The weeks need not be consecutive.
2. The student is confined at home or hospital bedside for medical reasons only.
3. The student’s medical condition is documented by a physician licensed101 to practice in the United States.

A student served through the GEH program at home or hospital bedside must be served by a certified general education teacher. Over the period of his or her confinement, the student must be provided instruction in all core academic subject area courses in which the student is enrolled. In addition, over the period of confinement, the student should be provided instruction in all other courses the student is enrolled in, if possible. 

Note: For guidance in determining GEH instruction for pregnant students who are receiving PRS, see Section 9 Pregnancy-Related Services (PRS).  

Special Education Homebound Services

4.7.2 Code 01 - Homebound

To be placed in the special education homebound instructional setting, a student aged six years or older must meet the following four criteria:

1. Special Education 2019–2020 Student Attendance Accounting Handbook Page 97
2. The student is eligible for special education and related services as determined by an ARD committee.
3. The student is expected to be confined at home or hospital bedside for a minimum of four weeks. The weeks need not be consecutive if the student is chronically ill and the local district policy allows for such.
4. The student is confined at home or hospital bedside for medical reasons only.
5. The student’s medical condition is documented by a physician licensed to practice in the United States.

• Infants and toddlers from birth through age two may be placed in the homebound instructional setting if their IFSP committees determine that placement is appropriate.
• Students aged three through five years may be placed in the homebound instructional setting if their ARD committees determine that placement is appropriate.
• A student’s IFSP or ARD committee determines the amount of services to be provided to the student in this instructional setting.
• A student aged six or older who meets the four criteria above does not need to meet the criteria in the federal definition for other health impairment (OHI) to be eligible for homebound services.
• Neither does a student under the age of six for whom an ARD or IFSP committee has determined that the homebound instructional setting is appropriate.