AN ACT to implement a recommendation of the house select committee on the education of students with disabilities to establish standards for homebound instruction.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑106.3 is amended by adding the following new subdivisions to read:
"(3a)	'Educational services' means all of the following:
a.	The necessary instructional hours per week in the form and format as determined by the child's IEP team and consistent with federal and State law. The instruction shall be delivered by an appropriately qualified teacher to the extent required by federal and State law, which requires a free appropriate public education and the opportunity for a sound basic education.
b.	Related services included in the child's IEP.
c.	Behavior intervention services designed to address the behavior violation that caused the disciplinary change of placement in order to prevent a recurrence.
(5a)	'Homebound instruction' means educational services provided to a student outside the school setting."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of July, 2007.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2007