Homebound Instruction and When to Keep Students at home.

Homebound Instruction

The school district shall arrange for individual instruction to students of legal school age who are not able to attend classes because of physical or emotional disability. Parents should contact the school administration regarding procedures for such instruction. (All applications must be approved by the principal.) The district will provide homebound instruction only for those confinements expected to last at least five days.

Applications for individual instruction shall be made by a physician licensed to practice in the State of Michigan, a parent, or other caregiver. A physician must: certify the nature and existence of a medical condition; state the probable duration of the confinement; request such instruction; present evidence of the student’s ability to participate in an educational program.

When to Keep Students at Home

• Children need to stay home at the beginning of an illness.

• A child should be free of a fever for at least 24 hours.

• Ill children in school endanger the health of classmates.

• The child who stays at home in bed on the first day of an illness will decrease the risk of lengthy illness.

• Your child will learn more if he/she feels well. A sick child is often dull and irritable.

• The law requires the school to send home a child who is ill.

When your child shows signs of illness, it is important for parents to cooperate with their school and health department by keeping your child home.

Watch for these signs of illness:

• Chilliness

• Skin Eruption

• Cough

• Sore Throat

• Headaches

Notify the school and inform them that your child is ill.