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This committee is here to help parents with their children's IEP's. 

An update from the Arc Downriver on ESY services:

 

A great article on Extended School Year (ESY) services by Michigan Special Ed Attorney Laura Athens....
Websites related to Extended School Year (ESY)
About ESY, Michigan's Transition Services Project says...
According to the U.S. Department of Education’s Federal Register (March 1999) and the Michigan Department of Education’s Revised Administrative Rules for Special Education (November 2002), every public agency is required to ensure that extended school year services are available as necessary to provide Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE). Extended school services include any service that goes beyond the time allocated for the full academic year.
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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