Sec. 5. (a) In a school corporation's cumulative count of pupils in homebound programs, a school corporation shall count each pupil who received homebound instruction on or after July 1 and up to and including June 30 of the preceding school year.
(b) A school corporation may include a pupil in the school corporation's cumulative count of pupils in homebound programs even if the pupil also is included in the school corporation's:
(1) nonduplicated count of pupils in programs for severe disabilities;
(2) nonduplicated count of pupils in programs for mild and moderate disabilities; or
(3) duplicated count of pupils in programs for communication disorders.