Ten areas of self-sufficiency were measured at four intervals for 26 students determined to be eligible for extended school year ESY programs. Regression increased and improvement decreased when educational programing was interrupted, and the opposite occurred when a ESY program was provided. (CL)

The purpose of extended year programs for severely handicapped students is pointed out and factors involving eligibility, funding, and cost-effective delivery models are analyzed. (CL)

Legal and educational issues related to year-round education for handicapped individuals are discussed. It is suggested that the concept of year-round schooling is not inconsistent with the goals of mainstreaming and the need of severely handicapped individuals to have the opportunity to generalize learned skills. (Author)

The procedural history and the implications of the Appeals' Court decision in Armstrong v Kline, in which Pennsylvania was found in violation of federal law by restricting special education services to 180 days, are discussed. (CL)

Pennsylvania's director of special education asserts that P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) is not the proper vehicle for implementing free appropriate human services to all handicapped children and their families. (Author/CL)

The authors focus on a student with severe handicaps and present the effects of the legal precedents on this child's free appropriate public education, including extended school year, related services, appropriate curriculum, and appropriate placement. (Author/CL)