Extended school year (ESY) services has been an understudied area of special education research. There is limited information available regarding ESY practices by local education agencies (LEAs) in determining eligibility as well as who receives what types of services. We surveyed special education directors across the nation to examine ESY practices by LEAs. Most notably, approximately two out of three special education directors (63%) reported that ESY services were only received by students in self-contained classrooms in their LEA. These LEAs that had no students outside of a self-contained classroom receiving ESY services also had a significantly lower percentage of students receiving ESY services as a whole. We recommend that this practice be discouraged as it effectively excludes students in inclusive settings who could benefit from ESY services and can steer parents away from inclusive placements if ESY services in the future will cease.

扩展学年（ESY）服务一直是特殊教育研究领域中被忽视的领域。关于本地教育机构（LEA）在确定资格以及谁获得何种服务方面的ESY做法的可用信息很少。我们对全国的特殊教育主管进行了调查，以研究LEA的ESY做法。最值得注意的是，大约三分之二的特殊教育主管（63％）报告说，只有在其LEA的独立教室中的学生才能获得ESY服务。这些没有在自给自足的教室之外接受ESY服务的学生之外的LEA的学生整体接受ESY服务的比例也大大降低。