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The Special Services office is informed that a student will not be able to attend school for two consecutive weeks or more and the parent or guardian requests Home/Hospital tutoring.
The parent/guardian is provided with the Home/Hospital form and is directed to obtain a licensed physician's certification of the illness and anticipated length of school absence. Home tutoring will not begin until the physician's certification is received and Hospital tutoring will not be paid for unless the physician's certification is received and Hospital tutoring will not be paid for unless the physician's certification is on file.

If a student receives Hospital services for less than two weeks the district will not pay for the services.

The Administrative Secretary to the Director of Special Services will locate tutor(s) for the student. At first, the student's teachers at EPCHS will be asked if they wish to tutor. If not, other qualified persons will be employed.
Tutoring will be provided up to five hours per week; one hour for each subject tutored.
- There are certain subjects that can not be offered through Home/Hospital tutoring because of lab work or activities that must be participated in at school

Services usually begin within a few days of receipt of the physician's recommendation. Services end when the student is released from the hospital or the physician's recommendation terminates. The recommendation must be renewed every 6 weeks.
Home/Hospital tutoring is generally limited to the standard school term and does not include summer school.
There must be an adult present in the home when a tutor is providing instruction.
If, in the opinion of the Director of Special Services, the home is not a suitable place for tutoring to occur an alternate site will be arranged.
All assignments and grades are given by the student's teacher at East Peoria Community High School, not the tutor. The tutor provides instruction and serves as an intermediary.
Students may be placed on Homebound instruction by board action, IEP recommendation or administration recommendation as well as physician's recommendations.
The Student Services department is responsible for handling all assignments distributed between students and tutors and to make sure that students receive proper credit for their participation in Homebound instruction.
If a student is not attending school, but is working in the community -- this will terminate tutoring services.

Direct all questions and obtain forms from Special Services office, 694-8319.