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After petitions from parents, the Georgia Department of Education is now walking back a proposal that would have impacted students with disabilities and with medical needs. The proposal would have made changes to the hospital and homebound rules. Parents told Channel 2’s Eryn Rogers that this is a win for students. Public comment about the proposal ended last week, and by Friday, the State Board of Education told Rogers that they’d no longer be moving forward with the change. The board of education wanted to change the number of days a student has to miss before they qualify for the program on a temporary status from 10 to 15. The board of education said they got an overwhelming amount of feedback on the proposal.