A great article on
Extended School Year (ESY) services by Michigan Special Ed
Attorney Laura Athens....
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Extended School Year (ESY)
About ESY, Michigan's
Transition Services Project says...
About ESY, the U.S.
Department of Education says....
If the IEP team determines that a child with a
disability needs extended school year services to receive a free
appropriate public education , the public agency must ensure
that the child receives those services. A public agency may
not-(i) Limit extended school year services to particular
categories of disability; or (ii) Unilaterally limit the type,
amount, or duration of those services. 34 CFR §300.309(a).
Here is what the IDEA Regulations say about Extended
School Year (ESY):
Sec. 300.309 Extended school year services.
(a) General.
(1) Each public agency shall ensure that extended school year
services are available as necessary to provide FAPE (Free
Appropriate Public Education), consistent with paragraph (a)(2)
of this section.
(2) Extended school year services must be provided only if a
child's IEP team determines, on an individual basis, in
accordance with Secs. 300.340-300.350, that the services are
necessary for the provision of FAPE to the child.
(3) In implementing the requirements of this section, a public
agency may not-- (i) Limit extended school year services to
particular categories of disability; or (ii) Unilaterally limit
the type, amount, or duration of those services.
(b) Definition. As used in this section, the term extended
school year services means special education and related
services that-
(1) Are provided to a child with a disability--
(i) Beyond the normal school year of the public agency;
(ii) In accordance with the child's IEP; and
(iii) At no cost to the parents of the child; and
(2) Meet the standards of the SEA. (Authority: 20 U.S.C.
1412(a)(1))
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