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Extended School Year (ESY)

Extended School Year (ESY) services are educational services provided for students with Individualized Education Programs (IEP) during the summer. ESY is specifically designed to enable the maintenance of skills students acquire during the regular school year and facilitate continued progress on IEPs in the coming year.

ESY services are available at no cost to families.

Download the Empowering Parents Extended School Year Presentation (PDF).

All ESY Summer Programs will run July 1- July 26, 2024 with no school on July 4-5, 2024. Parent Orientations/Open House will take place during the school hours on Thursday, June 27, 2024.

Step 1 — Determining ESY Eligibility

Eligibility for ESY is determined annually through a collaboration between parents/guardians and the IEP team at the child’s school. A number of factors, including the child’s age, progress toward critical life skills, and likelihood of regression, are considered in making this determination.

Prepare for IEP Team Meeting

In preparation for the meeting with the IEP team, parents/guardians are encouraged to think about and be prepared to discuss:

Meet with IEP Team

Parents will meet with members of the IEP team to review student data and discuss the following questions.

Step 2 — Setting ESY Goals

Once a child has been deemed eligible for ESY, parents and the IEP team meet to identify goals that will be addressed during ESY. Goals will focus on skills from the IEP that will significantly regress if they are not addressed during ESY.

Step 3 — Determining Service Delivery Options and Timeline

Once ESY goals have been identified, the IEP team will determine the amount of time required and best service delivery option for addressing the ESY goals. The IEP team will consider the student’s current services and seek to identify complementary service delivery options.

Below is a list of ESY service delivery options.*

*Some students require services different from/in addition to general ESY Programming. This is determined at the ESY IEP team meeting on a case-by-case basis. Data is needed to support this determination.

Contact Us

For more information, contact Janice Yetter (janice_yetter@hcpss.org) or Marcella Randall (marcella_randall@hcpss.org).