At every Team meeting, the Team members must consider the need for Extended School Year (ESY) services based on eligibility criteria. Decisions regarding a student's eligibility for ESY must be based on data and evidence collected over the course of the year following vacations/breaks and is primarily based on the following: 

• evidence of substantial regression
• the likelihood of substantial regression
• an inability to recoup skills within a normal period of time
• an extremely slow rate of learning
• significant memory issues which impact the rate of learning

Recommendations must be documented on the IEP on:

• the N1
• the Service Delivery grid
• the Nonparticipation Justification page of the IEP

And include:

• specific program and/or service recommendations (what services are needed in order to prevent substantial regression and the amount of services needed to prevent substantial regression), and
• how the ESY service will be coordinated across program components