{"id":8539,"date":"2013-02-21T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=8539"},"modified":"2013-02-21T10:00:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T14:00:26","slug":"make-any-sense-off-site-instruction-provided-on-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/make-any-sense-off-site-instruction-provided-on-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Any Sense: Off-Site Instruction Provided On-Site?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Make%20Any%20Sense%3A%20Off-Site%20Instruction%20Provided%20On-Site%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;margin-left: 5px;margin-right: 5px;float: right\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/school\/school.firstday.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"107\" \/>Based on a doctor&#8217;s order, my daughter is receiving homebound instruction. The school district makes us provide transportation to the school for this instruction.<\/p>\n<p>Shouldn\u2019t the school provide transportation or a teacher to come to our home?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Transportation for Homebound Services<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If your child has an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/iep.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">IEP<\/span><\/a>, the IEP controls the services, regardless of where they are delivered \u2013 at home or in the public school.<\/p>\n<p>The IEP team determines what the child requires in order to receive FAPE, i.e., a free appropriate public education.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Issues of homebound are determined in part by state law and state regulations, if any, on the subject.<\/p>\n<p>For transportation issues related to homebound instruction, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yellowpagesforkids.com\/help\/seas.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">your State Dept of Ed website<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Check your state policy or regulations regarding homebound instruction.<\/p>\n<p>Usually you will find a Guidance Document in general and often separate guidance for students with IEPs.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes different standards apply to homebound instruction for special education students.<\/p>\n<p>Most of these documents describe homebound as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>off-site instruction<\/li>\n<li>in the home setting<\/li>\n<li>instruction in the home<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>It makes no sense for the school to provide off-site instruction and require you to bring the child on-site to receive it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Typically the homebound instructor travels to you, so transportation of your child is not a concern.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who<\/strong><\/em> provides your child&#8217;s homebound instruction? When you check your state policy or regulations, be sure to check requirements about <em><strong>qualifications<\/strong><\/em> of the homebound instructor.<\/p>\n<p>If your child has an IEP, the team must <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/advoc\/ltrs\/iep_revise.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">revise the IEP<\/span><\/a> to include homebound services.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about homebound in this post, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=8333\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Why Won&#8217;t the School Provide Homebound Instruction?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on a doctor&#8217;s order, my daughter is receiving homebound instruction. The school district makes us provide transportation to the school for this instruction. Shouldn\u2019t the school provide transportation or <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/make-any-sense-off-site-instruction-provided-on-site\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,64],"tags":[505,130,1299,562],"class_list":["post-8539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ieps","category-special-education-regulations","tag-homebound-instruction","tag-homebound-services","tag-ieps","tag-transportation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8539"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9336,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8539\/revisions\/9336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}