Each student s IEP team must discuss and decide if extended school year services are necessary for the student to receive a free appropriate public education. Extended school year services should be discussed at the annual IEP meeting. If ESY services were not discussed at the annual IEP meeting, another IEP meeting can be requested to discuss and revise the IEP as necessary. With this information, teams should decide if the student would regress without ESY services. School personnel talk about regression and recoupment.
Regression is the loss of skills learned in school.
The team must determine if the degree of regression is unusual in relation to the experiences of other students. Recoupment is the time it takes to relearn those skills. The team must determine if the student will be able to relearn the skills lost in a reasonable amount of time. It is one of many items to be considered by the team. If related services are necessary for the student to benefit from extended school year special education, they must be provided.