Instructional Support Department

  • Instructional Support is a positive, success-oriented program that uses specific assessment and intervention techniques to help remove educational or behavioral stumbling blocks for all students in the regular classroom. The BCBE Instructional Support Department covers three areas: Section 504, Homebound Services and On-Campus Suspensions. For questions or additional information, contact Dionne Dunton, M.Ed, Ed.S. at ddunton@bcbe.org.  

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  • Homebound Services

    In accordance with the school board policy, Baldwin County Public Schools provides homebound services for those students who are not able to attend school for medical and/or mental health reasons that are acute, catastrophic, or chronic.  If a student’s anticipated duration of absence from school exceeds 15 consecutive school days, the student will be eligible for services under the provisions of this policy. 

    These homebound procedures apply to all students who are not identified as eligible under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).  For those students who are identified as eligible under the IDEA, homebound services and instruction will be determined by the student’s IEP team, and if deemed applicable, administered through the Baldwin County Board of Education’s Special Services Department. 

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  • On-Campus Suspension

    The policy of the Baldwin County Board of Education is to establish an on-campus suspension program designed to provide a structured disciplinary atmosphere in which a student is isolated or removed from regular classroom activities but is not dismissed from the school setting.

    The OCS program is a disciplinary action and is intended to provide an alternative to off-campus suspension and to attempt to modify disruptive behavior by isolating the disruptive student from his/her classmates.

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  • Section 504

    Section 504 is part of a federal civil rights law known as the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.  This law specifically prohibits discrimination against students with disabilities and guarantees them a free and appropriate public education (FAPE).  Discrimination, as defined in Section 504, is the failure to provide students with disabilities the same opportunity to benefit from education programs, services, or activities as provided to their non-disabled peers.  Therefore, schools cannot exclude students with disabilities from facilities, programs, benefits, activities, or services that are provided to students without disabilities. Schools must make sure that all students receive equal access to educational opportunities.

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