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Carmel Central School District board reviews redraft to tighten home instruction rules, add outreach and reentry steps
Summary
Board and staff reviewed redlined changes to the district's home instruction/homebound policy, proposing explicit weekly hours, a team-based review process for long-term placements, outreach responsibilities and clearer documentation and record-keeping. Trustees agreed to send the redline to legal and bring it back as a first read.
Board members and staff on Thursday reviewed redlined revisions to the Carmel Central School District's home instruction (homebound) policy that would put explicit hourly expectations, require periodic review of long-term placements and formalize outreach and reentry planning for students receiving instruction outside school buildings.
The draft presented by district staff would, for secondary students, specify 15 hours of instruction per week (3 hours per day) and, for elementary students, provide 10 hours per week with a target of at least about 2 hours per day when possible. Staff also proposed a structured review process so that home instruction continuing beyond a short-term period would be periodically reassessed.
"Under no circumstances shall home non instruction continue beyond 30 calendar days at a time without administrative review," Speaker 2 said, summarizing language…
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